Reed v. State

237 Miss. 23 (1959)

112 So.2d 533

REED

v.

STATE.

No. 41175.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 8, 1959.

J.W. Kellum, Sumner, for appellant.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

(Hn 1) Appellant, John L. Reed, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County of assault and battery with intent to kill Mahlon Vickery, Chief of Police of the City of Columbus, and was sentenced to serve five years in the state penitentiary. The jury was amply warranted in finding, as it evidently did, that he was guilty of a willful assault and battery upon Chief Vickery with an…