Pitts v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Copiah county. McNair, J. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court, except the testimony of the witnesses relating to the confessions of the prisoner. William Kennedy, a witness for the- state, testified that he was a prisoner in jail, in the same room with the prisoner John Pitts, but in a different cage. Heard and saw Mr. Geo. Magee, Mr. Joseph Magee, Mr. Zachary and several others talking to the prisoner.
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Error to the circuit court of Copiah county. McNair, J. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court, except the testimony of the witnesses relating to the confessions of the prisoner. William Kennedy, a witness for the- state, testified that he was a prisoner in jail, in the same room with the prisoner John Pitts, but in a different cage. Heard and saw Mr. Geo. Magee, Mr. Joseph Magee, Mr. Zachary and several others talking to the prisoner. Saw two of the deputy sheriffs there —Mr. Brady and Mr. Cochran. The prisoner denied that he poisoned the deceased James Magee, or had…
1Opinion of the Court
Peyton, C. J.:
At the October term, 1868, of the circuit court of Copiah *480county, the plaintiff in error was tried and convicted of the murder of James Magee, and sentenced by the court to be hung, and from this judgment of the court, he prosecutes here this writ of error
The main question presented by the record in this case for our consideration is, wap the corpus delicti sufficiently established by the evidence on the trial in the court below, to justify the conviction of the accused. In order to arrive at a correct conclusion it is necessary to understand in the first instance, what is meant…
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