Rolls v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Ekroh to the Circuit Court of Union County. ’• Hon.W. D. BualpoRD, Judge. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case, to give a full understanding of the principles announced.
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Ekroh to the Circuit Court of Union County. ’• Hon.W. D. BualpoRD, Judge. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case, to give a full understanding of the principles announced. It is assigned for error : 1. The record does not show that the jury were of the county in which the killing was done. 2. The court erred in overruling defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment. 3. In overruling defendant’s motion for a new trial. 4. In overruling defendant’s motion to set aside the judgment and sentence. 5. The record does not show that defendant was present in court when his…
1Opinion of the CourtSimuall, C. J.
The assignments of error present these propositions :
*3941. Whether the jury that tried plaintiff in error,” and found' Mm guilty of manslaughter, was-, in the sense of the law, a. good and lawful jury,’ properly impaneled and sworn?
2. Was the prisoner present in court during the progress of the trial?
3. Was the verdict warranted by the testimony?
4. Were the instructions for the state applicable to the facts,, and do they announce correct propositions of law?
5. Ought the motion in arrest of judgment to have been overruled ?
6. Was it error to refuse to set aside the judgment and sentence ?
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