Corley v. State

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice :

Charles Corley, Jr., appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of George County of assault and battery with intent to kill and murder one Claude Passeau, Sheriff of George County, Mississippi, and sentenced to serve a term of eight years in the penitentiary.

Sheriff Passeau was summoned to a truck stop in George County as a result of disturbances that had occurred at several places. Sheriff Passeau had received a description of three young men said to be involved, and the tag number of the car in which they were traveling. The sheriff saw the three men at a truck…