Brown v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the circuit court of Jefferson Davis county. Hon. Bobert L. Bullard, Judge. Olive Brown, appellant, a negro girl about seventeen years of age, was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced under an indictment charging her with infanticide; and appealed to the supreme court. Being fax advanced in pregnancy, appellant was traveling with her father on a railroad passenger train. Her father observed that she seemed to be unwell.
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Erom the circuit court of Jefferson Davis county. Hon. Bobert L. Bullard, Judge. Olive Brown, appellant, a negro girl about seventeen years of age, was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced under an indictment charging her with infanticide; and appealed to the supreme court. Being fax advanced in pregnancy, appellant was traveling with her father on a railroad passenger train. Her father observed that she seemed to be unwell. In a few moments after-wards she arose from her seat, walked to the toilet room of the coach and entered it, closing the door behind her. Her father, thinking her…
1Opinion of the CourtMates, J.
Revolting as is the occurrence which is shown by the record in this case, we think the testimony utterly fails to show that the appellant was guilty of any crime under the law.
Reversed, and prosecution dismissed.
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