Jones v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of CMcasaw County. Hon. L. E. Houston, Judge. Alexander J ones, Dave Love and George Bowen were jointly indicted for the murder of Dave Wright. When the case was called the defendants asked the court to appoint counsel for them. Thereupon the court appointed T. J. Buchanan and W. D. Frazee to defend them. A severance was granted Alexander Jones and he was put on trial. Dave Love, amongst others, was examined as a witness for the State.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of CMcasaw County. Hon. L. E. Houston, Judge. Alexander J ones, Dave Love and George Bowen were jointly indicted for the murder of Dave Wright. When the case was called the defendants asked the court to appoint counsel for them. Thereupon the court appointed T. J. Buchanan and W. D. Frazee to defend them. A severance was granted Alexander Jones and he was put on trial. Dave Love, amongst others, was examined as a witness for the State. He testified that he went to the house of one Sarah Hill about 12 o’clock on the night of the difficulty; that he saw a man lying…
1Opinion of the CourtArnold, J.
It was right to sustain the objections made to the questions-*183propounded to the witness, Dave Love, on cross-examination, as to whether he had not, at various times, made different and contradictory statements, to different persons, in regard to the matters as to which he had testified on his examination in chief, because the time, place and persons involved in the supposed contradictions were not specified in the questions. 1 Greenleaf Ev., Section 462; Fulton v. Hughes, 63 Miss., 61.
But the witness should have been allowed and required to answer the question in relation to what he had told…
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