Gammons v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From: the circuit court of, second district, Yalobusha county. Hon. Samuel O. Cook, Judge." ’. . Gammons, appellant, was indicted,-tried,' and - convicted of murder, sentenced to be hanged, and appealed to the supreme court. The-opinion states the facts of the case-ixpon which the decision is based.
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From: the circuit court of, second district, Yalobusha county. Hon. Samuel O. Cook, Judge." ’. . Gammons, appellant, was indicted,-tried,' and - convicted of murder, sentenced to be hanged, and appealed to the supreme court. The-opinion states the facts of the case-ixpon which the decision is based. While it appears that for a time, the courts were inclined to place a very liberal construction on sec. 2355' of the code in favor of the state, it clearly appears in the later decisions that this court construes the section favorably to the accused and these later cases declare the recognized law…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
Two assignments of error are mainly relied upon in the effort to procure a reversal of the judgment and the awarding of a new trial herein. The first is based on the action of the court in impaneling the jury which tried the cause, and arises from the following circumstance: The court had examined upon their voir *107dire, and pronounced competent, twelve jurors. The panel thus completed was tendered to the state, and was by the state accepted. Thereupon counsel representing the defendant was allowed to begin anew the examination of individual jurors composing the panel, touching their…
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