Pollard v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Tippab County. Hon. W. D. Bradford, Judge. This was an indictment against William Pollard, for the murder of Frederic Carpenter, of which charge Pollard was convicted. The testimony for the State was altogether circumstantial, and the circumstances were these: On the 10th March, 1875, about eleven o’clock A.M., the dead body of Carpenter was found, shot through the head.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Tippab County. Hon. W. D. Bradford, Judge. This was an indictment against William Pollard, for the murder of Frederic Carpenter, of which charge Pollard was convicted. The testimony for the State was altogether circumstantial, and the circumstances were these: On the 10th March, 1875, about eleven o’clock A.M., the dead body of Carpenter was found, shot through the head. Certain tracks near the body were identified as the tracks of Pollard, who had shortly before been seen near the place, and a scrap of paper found there was proved to correspond with the wadding…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
The appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Tippah County of the murder of Frederic Carpenter, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for life. The evidence was circumstantial. The defence was rested on two grounds:
1. That the testimony was not of that conclusive character essential to warrant a conviction on circumstantial evidence ;
2. An alibi. With regard to the second.ground of defence, the court charged the jury, that, in order to support an alibi, it was essential that the testimony should so cover the whole time involved in the transaction as to render it impossible…
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