Board of Supervisors v. Wells
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Newton county. Hon. A. G. Mayers, Judge. In 1887 Israel and Daniel Williams in Scott county shot and mortally wounded Griffith and McCraney, who shortly afterwards died in Newton' county. They fled before arrest, were captured by appellees Wells and Doolittle and duly delivered to the sheriff of Scott county for trial.
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From the circuit court of Newton county. Hon. A. G. Mayers, Judge. In 1887 Israel and Daniel Williams in Scott county shot and mortally wounded Griffith and McCraney, who shortly afterwards died in Newton' county. They fled before arrest, were captured by appellees Wells and Doolittle and duly delivered to the sheriff of Scott county for trial. The circuit court of Newton county allowed appellees the rewards authorized by § 3035, code 1880, and made the same payable out of the treasury of that county. Thereupon appellees petitioned the board of supervisors of Newton county for payment of the…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The reward provided for by § 3035 of the code, is payable by the county in which the cause of death is given, and not by the county in which the death occurs, where the counties are different. The fact that in such case the slayer may be tried in either county does not alter the fact that the homicide occurred in the county in which the cause of death was given rather than where the consequence was manifested. The statute has relation"to the cause of death.
Reversed.
2Cited by1 opinion
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