Shepherd v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Amite county. Hon. Moyse H. Wilkinson, Judge. Shepherd, the appellant, was indicted and tried for and convicted of the murder of one Terrell, sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and appealed to the supreme court. The assignment of error upon which the case was decided was predicated of the action of the trial judge in selecting the grand jury which found the indictment upon which appellant was tried and convicted.
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From the circuit court of Amite county. Hon. Moyse H. Wilkinson, Judge. Shepherd, the appellant, was indicted and tried for and convicted of the murder of one Terrell, sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and appealed to the supreme court. The assignment of error upon which the case was decided was predicated of the action of the trial judge in selecting the grand jury which found the indictment upon which appellant was tried and convicted. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. At the very threshold of this prosecution the state meets an insurmountable barrier, which must…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, J.
There are many assignments of error in the recbrd, but we only deem it necessary to notice that .assignment of error which brings into review the action of the circuit judge in the selection of the grand jury, as shown by the special bill of exceptions taken at the time and before the grand jury was impaneled and sworn, since by it the legal existence of the grand jury which found the indictment against appellant itself is challenged. The special bill of exceptions shows that the regular August term of the circuit court of Amite county was convened according to law, and that appellant was…
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