Lamar v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Fayette County. HoN. W. S. Featherstok, Judge. Bob Lamar was indicted for the murder 'of one ¥m. Harmon. It appears that on the day of the killing, Lamar, Lock Bishop, and others were in the little town of Dallas, drinking and carousing. They became riotous, and Lamar shot one Ab. Ceasly.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Fayette County. HoN. W. S. Featherstok, Judge. Bob Lamar was indicted for the murder 'of one ¥m. Harmon. It appears that on the day of the killing, Lamar, Lock Bishop, and others were in the little town of Dallas, drinking and carousing. They became riotous, and Lamar shot one Ab. Ceasly. Thereupon Lamar and the Bishops started down a public road, apparently to leave the towm After they had gone several hundred yards they turned and seemed to be coming back. William Harmon, postmaster at Dallas, his brother, a merchant, and several others, thereupon went…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The eighth instruction asked by the appellant should have been given. It is true that the seventh given for him announces the principle of law invoked by the eighth, but the eighth is accurate in stating the legal principle as applied to the theory of the defendant, as to the legitimate conclusion to be drawn from the whole evidence, and was not properly refused because the principle had been announced by the seventh instruction, Aldrige v. State, 59 Miss. 250. It is far better always to announce principles of law as applied to the respective theories of fact as legitimately contended for by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Aldrige v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1881
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