Godwin v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. Frank Godwin was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill one Oscar Carter. The material facts, as shown by the evidence, are as follows: Godwin and Carter had a quarrel on Friday night in Crystal Springs, in which mutual insults were given. On Saturday evening following, Carter, who lived about two miles from town, came back and made some threats that he would do Godwin up.
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From the circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. Frank Godwin was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill one Oscar Carter. The material facts, as shown by the evidence, are as follows: Godwin and Carter had a quarrel on Friday night in Crystal Springs, in which mutual insults were given. On Saturday evening following, Carter, who lived about two miles from town, came back and made some threats that he would do Godwin up. These threats were communicated to Godwin, who armed himself with a pistol. Late in the evening Godwin was in a barber shop talking to a…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
The first, second, third, fifth, ninth, and twelfth instructions asked by the appellant announced correct propositions of law, as applied to the facts of this case, and should have been given. The fourth, sixth, seventh, tenth, eleventh, and thirteenth instructions asked by appellant were properly refused. They too much narrow the issue before the jury, selecting fragmentarily only part of the facts necessary to any phase of the case stated in them. Besides, the fourth omits the word “reasonable” before the word “doubt.” In the sixth, the words “confronted as he was” are objectionable, as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lamar v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
- Hawthorne v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1881
- Buckley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
- Singleton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1894
- Beasley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1886
3Cited by15 opinions
- Robinson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
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- Scott v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1948
- Russell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
- Nelson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
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