Moorman v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Pontotoc county. Hon. Claude Clayton, Judge. Oscar Moorman was convicted of murder and appeals. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
Appellant was convicted of the murder of one John Creed, marshal of the town of Pontotoc, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The homicide occurred abut ten o ’clock on the evening of July 4, 1914. Appellant at the time was an unmarried man, twenty five years of age, living with his widowed mother about one mile east of the town of Pontotoc. Deceased was. a widower, and marshal of the town. The killing occurred at night on one of the sidewalks in the business district of the town. There were no eyewitnesses, except a Mr. Baw testifies on behalf of the state that he heard the report of a…
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