Brown v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Lincoln County. Hon. J. B. ChrishaN, Judge. The indictment in this case, which, as stated on its face, was found by the grand jurors of Lincoln County, Mississippi, impanelled in the Circuit Court of said county, charged the plaintiff in error, in the manner prescribed by Code 1871, § 2667, with perjury, committed on the trial of the case of The State v. Samuel Williams at a former term of the Circuit Court of said county, in a matter material…
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Error to the Circuit Court of Lincoln County. Hon. J. B. ChrishaN, Judge. The indictment in this case, which, as stated on its face, was found by the grand jurors of Lincoln County, Mississippi, impanelled in the Circuit Court of said county, charged the plaintiff in error, in the manner prescribed by Code 1871, § 2667, with perjury, committed on the trial of the case of The State v. Samuel Williams at a former term of the Circuit Court of said county, in a matter material to the issue which was then being tried by a jury, before Hon. J. B. Chrisman, judge of said court. 1. The court erred in…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, C. J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted for perjury, charged to have been committed on the trial of an indictment for arson against one Samuel Williams. The testimony charged to be false was *430to the effect that said Samuel Williams was at the house of said Brown at 7.30 o’clock on the night preceding the burning, then went to bed with Brown, and slept with him till the next morning at 4 o’clock, when they were awakened by an alarm given of the fire. The effect of this evidence would be to show the innocence of Williams by establishing an alibi. The plaintiff in error was convicted, and sentenced…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Aldridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- People v. BodineCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Gilliam v. BrownMississippi Supreme Court · 1871
- Josephine v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
- Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
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