Sherrod v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the circuit court of Winston county. Hon. James E. Byrd, Judge. Sherrod, appellant; a negro, was indicted and tried for the murder of another negro, William Liddell, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. The court below erred in receiving the jury’s verdict in appellant’s absence.
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Erom the circuit court of Winston county. Hon. James E. Byrd, Judge. Sherrod, appellant; a negro, was indicted and tried for the murder of another negro, William Liddell, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. The court below erred in receiving the jury’s verdict in appellant’s absence. Appellant was charged with a capital offence, the punishment for which, on conviction thereof, would have been death or imprisonment for life. At common law it is essential to a valid trial…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The appellant was indicted for murder, and convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to five years in. the pententiary.
At the time of the trial appellant was on bond, but present during the progress of the trial until the case was given to the jury, when he voluntarily absented himself and went into the country to spend the night, as he says, though the court announced in his presence before the jury that if a verdict should be agreed upon before 11 o’clock that night he would return to the courthouse and receive it. About 8:30 o’clock the jury came in to render their verdict, and the…
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