Wilson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Madison county. Non. Robert Powell, Judge. Wilson and others, appellants, were defendants in the court below; they were charged with an offense, as shown by the affidavit given in the opinion of the court, were convicted and sentenced under code 1892, § 1222, and appealed to the supreme court.
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From tbe circuit court of Madison county. Non. Robert Powell, Judge. Wilson and others, appellants, were defendants in the court below; they were charged with an offense, as shown by the affidavit given in the opinion of the court, were convicted and sentenced under code 1892, § 1222, and appealed to the supreme court. The code section is as follows : “1222 (2916). Obstructing justice; intimidating judge, juror, witness, etc. — If any person, by threats or force, attempt to intimidate or impede a judge, justice of the peace, juror, witness, or any officer in the discharge of his duty, or to…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
Guy Wilson, Herman Wilson, and Roy Wilson were convicted of some crime in the circuit court of Madison county, and were fined and jailed therefor. The prosecution was instituted before a justice of the peace, and is in the following words:
“State of Mississippi, Madison county. Before me, W. G. Dorroh, a justice of the peace of the county aforesaid, James X. Ballou makes oath that on the 3d day of January, 1901, in county aforesaid, Dist. No. 3, state of Miss., Guy Wilson, Herman Wilson, and Roy Wilson, did willfully and feloniously then and there on the same day, willfully and feloniously…
2Cited by2 opinions
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- Bourne v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1966