Wiltcher v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Yazoo county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Lee "Wiltcher was convicted of murder and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. It was manifest error, and highly prejudicial to appellant to permit the witness, Bettie Price, to testify over objection that one month before the murder of deceased, that Mrs.- Wiltcher told her that she was going to have her husband killed, and failing in this, she would kill him herself.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Yazoo county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Lee "Wiltcher was convicted of murder and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. It was manifest error, and highly prejudicial to appellant to permit the witness, Bettie Price, to testify over objection that one month before the murder of deceased, that Mrs.- Wiltcher told her that she was going to have her husband killed, and failing in this, she would kill him herself. The court will notice from the transcript that objection was repeatedly made to this testimony because it appeared from the…
1Opinion of the Court
McLain, C.
Appellant, Lee Wiltcher, along with Lulu Wiltcher and Will Price, was indicted in the circuit court of Yazoo county for the murder of one John Wiltcher. Will Price pleaded guilty to the charge, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Lee Wiltcher and Lulu Wiltcher secured a change of venue from Yazoo county to the First district of Hinds county, and at the March term, 1910, of said court, a severance .was granted, and Lee Wiltcher was tried, convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and from that judgment he appeals to this court.
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