Jones v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Yalobusha County. Hon. J. W. C. Watson, Judge. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the.court. 1. -The court erred in admitting in evidence the testimony of L. R. Wilson as to the confession. 2. The court erred in refusing to suspend the trial, upon the motion of the defendant below, in order to get Watson as a witness. It is well settled that a confession obtained by hope or threats is not competent evidence.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Yalobusha County. Hon. J. W. C. Watson, Judge. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the.court. 1. -The court erred in admitting in evidence the testimony of L. R. Wilson as to the confession. 2. The court erred in refusing to suspend the trial, upon the motion of the defendant below, in order to get Watson as a witness. It is well settled that a confession obtained by hope or threats is not competent evidence. Simon v. The State, 8 Geo. 288. Wharton, in his work on Criminal Law, says (vol. 1, 7th. ed., pp. 682, 683) : “No man possessed of himself…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted for the murder of one Jack Fox, and convicted and sentenced by the jury to impris*352oument for life in the State penitentiary. He asks a reversal of the judgment on the ground that the court improperly admitted in evidence his confession. The assignment of error is based upon a special bill of exceptions taken during the progress of the trial, there being no' motion for a new trial. A witness, L. E. Wilson, who was sheriff of the county, was introduced by the State, and testified that on a named Sunday in July, 1879, he went to the jail with Mr. Watson, who…
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