Jackson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Yazoo county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Jackson, appellant, was indicted for the murder of one Bunk Wilson, was tried, convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to the penitentiary for three years, and appealed to the supreme court.
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From the circuit court of Yazoo county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Jackson, appellant, was indicted for the murder of one Bunk Wilson, was tried, convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to the penitentiary for three years, and appealed to the supreme court. Appellant, deceased, and several other negroes were at the home of a negro woman, and as a result of certain remarks passing between appellant and deceased a difficulty arose between them in which appellant stabbed deceased with a knife. Before his death the deceased made statements to different persons, as set forth in the opinion, and…
1Opinion of the CourtOaliioon, J.
The predicate of the dying' declarations of the deceased Williams, in this case, testified to by two or three witnesses, collated, was as follows: Tie stated, “I am going to die. I cannot live. My stomach is killing me.” This was at twelve o’clock at night, and Williams died the next day, before noon. Another witness testified that the deceased said: “Austin, I am dying. I cannot live.” Another that he said: “Uncle Will, my stomach is killing me.” The attending physician testified, quoting the words of the witness: “I told him he had only a few minutes to live. He asked me if I could do him…
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