Cook v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Calhoun county. TIon. Joseph T. Dunn, Judge. Cook, the appellant, was indicted and tried for the murder of one Crawford, convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to the penitentiary for twelve years and appealed — his second appeal —to the supreme court.
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From tbe circuit court of Calhoun county. TIon. Joseph T. Dunn, Judge. Cook, the appellant, was indicted and tried for the murder of one Crawford, convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to the penitentiary for twelve years and appealed — his second appeal —to the supreme court. The facts as to the killing of Crawford, for which appellant and his brother, Daniel, were jointly indicted for murder, are set forth in the report of the case of Daniel Qooh v. Biale, 85 Miss., 738, 38 South. Kep., 110. Severance and separate trials of the defendants were had, the appellant on his first trial being…
1Dissent
Whiteield, C. J.,
delivered the following dissenting opinion :
There are many assignments of error in this case, which it is not necessary to notice, beyond saying that there is no reversible error predicable of the giving or refusal of instructions, nor in respect to the admission or rejection of testimony. The verdict of the jury should not be disturbed because of any of these assignments.
But there are two assignments which manifestly ought to be sustained. The first is the assignment that the court erred in overruling the motion to quash the jury box. The record shows that the motion to…
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- Gammons v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
- Shepherd v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1906
- Acme Lumber Co. v. Hoyt & Bros.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1893
- Nealon v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891
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