Dunk v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Hancock county. Hon. William T. McDonald, Judge. Dunk, appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted of the murder of one Nix, and was sentenced to death; he appealed to the supreme court from said conviction and sentence. The opinion states the facts upon which the case was decided by the supreme court.
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From the circuit court of Hancock county. Hon. William T. McDonald, Judge. Dunk, appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted of the murder of one Nix, and was sentenced to death; he appealed to the supreme court from said conviction and sentence. The opinion states the facts upon which the case was decided by the supreme court. The court erred in admitting, over the objection of the defendant, the testimony of J. K. and T. E. Smith to contradict the testimony of Edgar Jones in reference to a statement not made by the defendant, but a statement made by Jones, a state witness, a statement…
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Truly J.,
delivered.the opinion of the court.
Appellant and William Parker were jointly indicted for murder. • Severance was granted, and appellant placed on trial. The theory of the defendant on the trial was that the deceased, came to his death in a single-handed mutual combat with Parker, the party with whom he was jointly indicted, and that he (the appellant) in no wise participated in the difficulty; that he was not immediately present at the time the shooting occurred, having, left the scene when it became apparent that a difficulty .was impending.; and that he was not armed at the. time-…
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