Woodward v. State

Appellant was jointly indicted with WillDixon for the murder of Joe Rustiei. There was a severance, and on their separate trials each of the accused was convicted. Reference is made to the opinion of the court in the Dixon Case (Miss.), 143 So. 855, this day delivered.

There are ten assignments of error in the instant case, one of which deals with the following instruction granted at the request of the state: ‘ ‘ The court instructs the jury that where two or more persons conspire together to commit a felony and afterwards while acting together in pursuance of such conspiracy and while engaged…