Garrett v. State

Sam Garrett, the appellant, was indicted in the Circuit Court of Lee County at the May Term of 1939' upon the charge that he wilfully, feloniously and unlawfully committed an assault upon W. P. Mitchell with a certain deadly weapon, to-wit, a pistol, with intent to hill and murder. The alleged assault with intent to murder was made upon W. P. Mitchell, County Prosecuting Attorney of Lee County, Mississippi, during the course of a search by the sheriff and deputies, just outside the limits of the City of Tupelo. The search warrant was procured by W. P. Mitchell, and it appears that there had…