Williams v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from -circuit court, Washington County. Hon. H. H. El:more, Judge. Anthony Williams was convicted of murder, and he appeals. We contend that the defendant is either guilty of manslaughter or he is guilty of nothing. If he shot and killed the deceased in self-defense then he is guilty of nothing. If he shot the deceased while his blood was hot and before he had had time to cool because of the whipping he had been submitted to, then he is guilty of manslaughter.
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Appeal from -circuit court, Washington County. Hon. H. H. El:more, Judge. Anthony Williams was convicted of murder, and he appeals. We contend that the defendant is either guilty of manslaughter or he is guilty of nothing. If he shot and killed the deceased in self-defense then he is guilty of nothing. If he shot the deceased while his blood was hot and before he had had time to cool because of the whipping he had been submitted to, then he is guilty of manslaughter. If he shot and killed the deceased in the purview of section 1237, Code 1906, then he is guilty of manslaughter. (Section 1237,…
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a conviction for murder followed by a death sentence.
On the occasion in question, some sort of a show was being given in the town of Areola with its accompanying crap game, in which game the appellant and Lucius Blevin, among others, were engaged. A controversy arose during the progress of the game between the appellant and Blevin, which Blevin, shortly after reported to the deceased and Tom Williams, both of whom were deputy sheriffs, stating that the- appellant had threatened him with a pistol. The deceased thereupon took the appellant into custody, and was joined…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Long v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
- Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
- Ayers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1883
- State v. . HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1838
- Beasley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1886
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Mease v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Wells v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
- Bangren v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1944
- Coleman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
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