Riggs v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Monroe circuit court. Rogees, J. James Riggs was indicted in tbe circuit court of Monroe county for tbe murder of Joel E. Hunt, and at the-March term, 1853, of said court, sentence of death was pronounced against him by tbe court, after conviction by tbe jury.
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Error to Monroe circuit court. Rogees, J. James Riggs was indicted in tbe circuit court of Monroe county for tbe murder of Joel E. Hunt, and at the-March term, 1853, of said court, sentence of death was pronounced against him by tbe court, after conviction by tbe jury. Tbe following causes of error are assigned by tbe plaintiff in error for reversal of tbe judgment of the court below: 1 st. Because tbe indictment does not allege that tbe deceased (Hunt) died in tbe county of Monroe, where the accused was indicted and tried. 2d. Tbe jury, while sitting in tbe case, ate at a public table of a…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.:
The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted of murder in. *677the circuit court of Non roe county. Upon the return of their verdict by the jury, the prisoner moved the court for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. These motions were overruled, and sentence of death was pronounced upon the prisoner, who has brought his case into this court upon the bills of exception filed by him during the progress of the trial in the court below. From the view we take of the case, it will be unnecessary to notice in detail the various exceptions taken to the judgment of the court.
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