Josephine v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Bolivar circuit court. Yergeb, J. At the May term, 1857, the plaintiff in error was indicted jointly with a slave named George, for the murder of Lelia Virginia Jones, by poisoning.
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Error to Bolivar circuit court. Yergeb, J. At the May term, 1857, the plaintiff in error was indicted jointly with a slave named George, for the murder of Lelia Virginia Jones, by poisoning. Tbe murder was alleged to bave been committed on February 27,1857. At the November term, 1857, of tbe court, tbe plaintiff in error was tried separately, and the jury failing to agree were discharged, and a .mistrial entered by the court five minutes before the expiration of the term of the court prescribed by law. At that term another indictment was found * against both George and plaintiff in error,…
1Opinion of the Court
Handy, J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted at the May term, 1857, of the Bolivar circuit court, jointly with a slave named George, for the murder of Lelia Virginia Jones by poisoning, alleged to have been committed on the 27th February, 1857. At the November term, 1857, the plaintiff in error was put on trial separately ; and after the testimony was closed, and the case submitted to the jury, and they had deliberated of their verdict, *1463they returned into court five minutes before the expiration of the last hour of that term of the court, and stated that they were unable to agree upon a…
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