Gray v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Leake county. ILon. James IL Byrd, Judge. Gray, the appellant, a negro, was indicted for manslaughter, the killing of one Newton Wallace, a man of color; was tried, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the' opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of Leake county. ILon. James IL Byrd, Judge. Gray, the appellant, a negro, was indicted for manslaughter, the killing of one Newton Wallace, a man of color; was tried, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the' opinion of the court. Appellant, a poor and helpless negro, was entiled to a fair and impartial trial, and to the same consideration of his interests as would be due to any other man, white or black; and his case should not have been prejudiced in the minds of the jury…
1Opinion of the CourtWiitteield, C. J.
We examined this case very carefully once before, and affirmed the judgment without writing. Upon application of one of the learned counsel for appellant the judgment was vacated and time given said counsel to file a written brief. We have read the brief carefully, and again gone through the record in the light of the argument made- in that brief, and we remain of the opinion that there is no reversible error in the record. Certain objections to the action of the circuit judge, and also of prosecuting counsel, in the course of the trial, are so earnestly pressed upon us that we avail…
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