Board of Supervisors v. Candler
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Itawamba County. Hon. J. W. Buchanan, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. Before any one can rightfully claim the reward given by § 3035, B. C. 1880, it must be shown that claimant arrested 'the slayer before any other arrest, and that the slayer was fleeing, or attempting to flee, when the arrest was made.
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Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Itawamba County. Hon. J. W. Buchanan, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. Before any one can rightfully claim the reward given by § 3035, B. C. 1880, it must be shown that claimant arrested 'the slayer before any other arrest, and that the slayer was fleeing, or attempting to flee, when the arrest was made. Even if Lackey had fled to the State of Georgia after his arrest by private persons or by an officer, and had then been arrested by Candler, very clearly Candler could not claim the reward he does claim, because the flight of Lackey…
1Opinion of the CourtArnold, J.
The question presented for decision in this case is whether or not appellee is entitled to the statutory reward of one hundred dollars for arresting a person who had killed another, and was fleeing, or attempting to flee, before arrest. It appears from the record that Lewis Lackey was charged with murdering his wife in Itawamba County, in October, 1882; that, under a warrant issued by a jus*195tice of the peace of the county, he was arrested for this offense and tried and discharged by the justice of the peace; ' that shortly afterward Lackey, with his children, left for the State of Georgia,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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