Boles v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Hinds circuit court. Coaltee, J. The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted of murder for the second time, and his case was once before in this court, and was reversed and remanded to the court below. See 9 S. & M., 284. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case. 1. On the discharge of the juror, cited Hutch.
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Error to Hinds circuit court. Coaltee, J. The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted of murder for the second time, and his case was once before in this court, and was reversed and remanded to the court below. See 9 S. & M., 284. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case. 1. On the discharge of the juror, cited Hutch. Code, 1007, art. 7, § 1. 2. As to the conduct of the jury, cited Hare v. State, 4 How., 187 ; Commonwealth v. Robes, 12 Pick., 496 , Commonwealth v. McCaul, 1 Ya. Cases, 271; McLain v. State, 10 Yerg., 241; Knight v. Inhabitants of Freeport, 13…
1Opinion of the Court
Shaekes, C. J.:
The prisoner was indicted and found guilty of the murder- of one Donaho. A motion was made for a new trial for the following reasons : 1st. Because the verdict of the jury is contrary to law and evidence; 2d. That the court improperly released and dismissed two of the jurors who had been summoned under the special venire, against the consent and remonstrance of the prisoner; and 3d. Persons, not of the jury, were permitted to visit and mingle with the jury, after the cause had been submitted to them and they had retired to consider of their verdict. We shall confine our remarks…
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