Steingfellow v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Issaquena circuit court. BakNett, J. Bicbard Stringfellow was indicted in the circuit court of Issa-quena county for the murder of Decatur Whitley, and at the November term, 1852, of said court, the accused was found guilty of murder, and sentenced to be hung.
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Error to Issaquena circuit court. BakNett, J. Bicbard Stringfellow was indicted in the circuit court of Issa-quena county for the murder of Decatur Whitley, and at the November term, 1852, of said court, the accused was found guilty of murder, and sentenced to be hung. The defendant by his counsel, moved the court for a new trial, because of the introduction of illegal testimony by the. state, and also for the refusal by the court to give certain instructions asked by the accused on the trial; all of which are fully set out in the opinion of the court. The court below refused to grant the…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted and tried in the circuit court of Issaquena county, and convicted of the murder of Decatur Whitley. The bill of exceptions filed to the decision of the court overruling the motion for a new trial embodies the whole of the evidence submitted to the jury. Several exceptions were taken to the rule of the court in reference to the admission of evidence on the trial. The charges of the court, and its refusal to instruct the jury as requested by the counsel for the plaintift in error, are made the grounds of exception. The bills of exception filed to…
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