Pickens v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. S. F. Davis, Judge. • Ben Pickens ivas convicted of murder, and sentenced to death, and he appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. S. F. Davis, Judge. • Ben Pickens ivas convicted of murder, and sentenced to death, and he appeals. It is not permissible to introduce in evidence, as against a conspirator, the acts or declarations of conspirators which were done or made after the conspiracy had come to an end, either through accomplishment of its object or by reason of an abandonment. 16 C. J. 656, sec. 1309; Ósborne v. State, 99 Miss. 419. The special assistant to the attorney-general makes the following candid statement, to-wit: “The confession of White was proof of a…
1Opinion of the Court
Holden, J.,
delivered the'opinion of the court.
The appellant, Ben Pickens, was convicted of murder, and sentenced to death.
On the night of May 31, 1921, T. G. Gross was murdered in his store at Holly Ridge. He was postmaster, and conducted a small country store. It was shown that Mr. Gross was struck with an ax, and also chopped Avith a hatchet, his pockets were rifled, and the post office Avas robbed by the murderer or murderers. When the murder was discovered the next morning the appelant and tAvo other negroes, Buck Kenard and Gerrard White, were charged with the crime. The circumstantial…
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