Permenter v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Winston county. Hon. Gr. A. McLain, Judge. Swinton Permenter was convicted of murder and appeals. The facts are as follows: The appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. He is charged with murdering a young lady, Miss Sharp, a daughter of a neighbor.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Winston county. Hon. Gr. A. McLain, Judge. Swinton Permenter was convicted of murder and appeals. The facts are as follows: The appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. He is charged with murdering a young lady, Miss Sharp, a daughter of a neighbor. Appellant and Miss Sharp were near the same age, both minors, and were well acquainted; appellant being a frequent visitor to the Sharp home, and according to some of the evidence attentive to the young lady. One afternoon, shortly after dinner, the young lady left her home, going along the country…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
The appellant, Swinton Permenter, was convicted of mnrder and sentenced to hang, and appeals to this court. He was convicted on evidence wholly circumstantial, made up of many different facts and circumstances. There is grave doubt, from the record in this case of appellant’s guilt. The giving of the second instruction for the state is assigned as error. That instruction is as follows: “The court charges the jury that circumstantial evidence has been received in every age of the common law, and may arise so high in the scale of belief as to generate full and complete conviction in the minds…
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