Garner v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Jackson county. HoN. D. M. GraPc^m, Judge. Callie Garner was convicted of rape and appeals.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Jackson county. HoN. D. M. GraPc^m, Judge. Callie Garner was convicted of rape and appeals. The facts are fully stated in tlie opinion of the court. • We will discuss ■ the first five assignments of error together, which discussion continues the following legal propositioif, to wit: Was it competent to permit Sarah Reed to charge Callie Garner as being the author of the alléged crime at a time when Callie Garner vigorously denied it? If there is one proposition that the law of evidence settles, without any contrary opinion or minority authority, it is when a…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, P. J.
The grand jury of Jackson county presented an indictment against the appellant charging him with the crime of rape. The alleged victum of this shocking crime was a girl under the age of twelve years. The trial jury returned a verdict of guilty, but disagreed as to the punishment, and the court sentenced defendant to life imprisonment in the penitentiary.
There was ample legal evidence given to the jury to warrant the verdict, and unless ° incompetent evidence was admitted, or something improper was said to the jury by the district attorney in his closing argument, the judgment of the court…
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