Johnson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Claiborne county. Hon. H. C. Motjnger, Judge. S. L. Johnson was convicted of murder and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Claiborne county. Hon. H. C. Motjnger, Judge. S. L. Johnson was convicted of murder and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. What purported to he a confession made by Johnson to Fitzgerald, should not have been admitted in evidence against the defendant, for two reasons, first, the confession was not shown to be absolutely free- and voluntary, such as the law requires, and, second, for the reason that the corpus delicti was not clearly shown. As to the first reason, I wish to say that there is no statute in this state regulating the…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Appellant was convicted of murder, and sentenced to suffer capital punishment. The admission of a confession in the trial *of the case is assigned as error:
Appellant and deceased were occupying together two house-boats in the Mississippi river at Vicksburg. The body of the deceased was found floating in the river with weights fastened to it. Because of its having remained for a time in the water, it was nearly unrecognizable. Bruised places on the head indicated that the deceased *204had met his death by violence. Immediately appellant was arrested for the crime.
Mr. E. A. Fitzgerald, a leading…
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