Nichols v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Ebeoe to the circuit court of Issaquena county. Shackle-EOED, J. The facts of this case are stated in the opinion of the court. [No memorandum of any argument for plaintiff in error has come to the hands of the reporter.] 1. The first objection to the record, on the part of the plaintiff in error, is, that the process under which the sheriff summoned the grand jury was not regular.
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Ebeoe to the circuit court of Issaquena county. Shackle-EOED, J. The facts of this case are stated in the opinion of the court. [No memorandum of any argument for plaintiff in error has come to the hands of the reporter.] 1. The first objection to the record, on the part of the plaintiff in error, is, that the process under which the sheriff summoned the grand jury was not regular. Upon this point it will be sufficient to say that the grand jury which found this indictment was composed of the men who had been legally selected by the board of supervisors for that purpose. The prisoner never…
1Opinion of the Court
Tabbell, J. :
The plaintiff in error, upon an indictment charging him with manslaughter-in the killing of one Gf-ibby Jones by shooting, was tried and convicted at the November term, 1870, of the Issaquena county circuit court. From the verdict and judgment a writ of error was prosecuted to have the proceedings in the case reviewed by this court. A motion to quash the indictment was overruled, and this constitutes the first assignment of error. Reference to the record fails to show grounds of the motion, so that we are not. informed of the points to which the attention of the court below was…
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