Townsel v. State

On December 28, 1955, appellant Dewey Townsel killed his wife by stabbing her with a knife. He was indicted, tried and convicted for her murder and sentenced to death. On this appeal the principal issue is whether he should have a new trial because of newly discovered evidence.

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Townsel and his wife Sizzie lived on a plantation in Coahoma County. She decided to move to another farm, and with the help of her mother Ollie Jamison, her brothers Robert Jamison, Jr., and Clyde Jamison, and her daughter Ollie Mae McCranney, Sizzie moved her clothing, belongings and furniture to a house on another…