Hampton v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom tbe circuit court of Kemper county. Hon. Robert E. Cochran, Judge. Hampton, tbe appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted of tbe murder of one Henry Welch, and sentenced to tbe penitentiary for life, from wbicb conviction and sentence be appealed to tbe supreme court. Tbe facts upon wbicb tbe case turned in tbe supreme court, are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
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Erom tbe circuit court of Kemper county. Hon. Robert E. Cochran, Judge. Hampton, tbe appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted of tbe murder of one Henry Welch, and sentenced to tbe penitentiary for life, from wbicb conviction and sentence be appealed to tbe supreme court. Tbe facts upon wbicb tbe case turned in tbe supreme court, are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. The language of the district attorney was a most flagrant abuse of right, unsanctioned by law or justice. lie not only stated things to be facts which were not in evidence, but impeached the character of witnesses…
1Opinion of the Court
Gakhoon, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court..
It appears that tbe district attorney was permitted by tbe court to use tbe following language over objection: “Tbe shirt was cut and fixed in tbe jail with Charley Stuart's knife.” Tbis is without support in tbe evidence. Tbe district attorney further said to tbe jury these words: “Not a negro in that great concourse of negroes who threaten to be respectable has dared to come here and testify in behalf of tbis mulatto” (at tbe same time pointing to tbe defendant). He further said to tbe jury tbat: “In any other commonwealth in tbis Hnion…
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