Frierson v. State

The appellant, William Frierson,, was-tried, and convicted in the Circuit Court of Pearl River . County on aii-. indictment charging Mm with -committing an assault aiid battery with intent to kill .one Dallas Frierson, He„ was sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the State Penitentiary, from which he appeals.'

He' urges four grounds for reversal of the judgment of. conviction, namely (1) the lower court . erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a mental examination, and in refusing to allow appellant’s counsel to re-examine him relative thereto, and in refusing-a nieW trial on this…