Cady v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Monroe county. Boone, J. Oady was indicted by the grand jury of Monroe county, at the July term, 1870, for the murder of Minerva Ligón; and at the same time, was tried and convicted of the crime as charged in the indictment.
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Error to the circuit court of Monroe county. Boone, J. Oady was indicted by the grand jury of Monroe county, at the July term, 1870, for the murder of Minerva Ligón; and at the same time, was tried and convicted of the crime as charged in the indictment. The state introduced the witness, Edmond Gilliam, a free man of color, who testified that about eight o’clock on the night of the killing, be saw accused at bouse of deceased ; was distant about ten yards ; heard accused and deceased mutually quarreling; did not know the cause, but heard deceased order accused out of her house; left them…
1Opinion of the Court
SlMRALL, J.:
The plaintiff in error, James Cady, was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Monroe county, of the murder of Minerva Ligón, and removes his case into this court by writ of error, and complains for error,
1st. That his confession ought not to have been admitted in evidence against him.
2d. That the circuit court ought to have granted him a new *341trial, because tbe verdict was against the weight of the testimony, and against the instructions of the court.
No exception was taken to any of the instructions. No objection is made to them in this court, and they are therefore not the…
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