Washington v. State

222 Miss. 782 (1955)

77 So.2d 260

WASHINGTON

v.

STATE.

No. 39481.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 17, 1955.

W.S. Murphy, Lucedale, for appellant.

Wm. E. Cresswell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

KYLE, J.

The appellant, Jimmie Washington, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Greene County, upon a charge of assault upon one Billy Joe Williams with a deadly weapon, to-wit, a shotgun, with intent to kill and murder, and was sentenced to serve 18 months in the state penitentiary; and from that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The alleged assault occurred in front of…