Lamar v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Yazoo County. Hon. T. J. Wharton, Judge. Walter F. Lamar was indicted upon a charge of assault with intent to kill and murder Arthur C. Crane. Pie was convicted, and appealed to this court. The question presented for adjudication here will be found stated in the opinion of the court. The natural result of the proceedings in reference to Adams was to make the balance of the jury suspicious of him and destroy his influence.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Yazoo County. Hon. T. J. Wharton, Judge. Walter F. Lamar was indicted upon a charge of assault with intent to kill and murder Arthur C. Crane. Pie was convicted, and appealed to this court. The question presented for adjudication here will be found stated in the opinion of the court. The natural result of the proceedings in reference to Adams was to make the balance of the jury suspicious of him and destroy his influence. The more scrupulous and honorable he might be the more he would be hampered and deterred in their deliberations on the verdict with the…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The verdict rendered was demanded by the evidence and the law, and if there was no other question on the record the conviction would be affirmed without hesitation, but although we approve the verdict as the proper result of the testimony and law, if the accused did not have such a trial as he was entitled to he should yet have it; for no one should suffer the penalty of the law until he has been condemned according to its requirements.
After the jury had been sworn and witnesses had been examined the district attorney announced to the court (the jury not present) that he had learned since the…
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