Newcomb v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Tishomingo circuit court. Ackee, J. - Tyra Gr. Newcomb was indicted in tbe court below for the murder of John Erieze. Tbe indictment charges “that Tyra Gr.
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Error to Tishomingo circuit court. Ackee, J. - Tyra Gr. Newcomb was indicted in tbe court below for the murder of John Erieze. Tbe indictment charges “that Tyra Gr. Newcomb, late of said county, laborer, on the 16th day of July, in tbe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the county of Tishomingo aforesaid, did feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, hill and murder John Erieze, against the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the state of Mississippi.” The defendant was arraigned, and plead not…
1Opinion of the Court
IIandy, J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted, in the court below, of the murder of John Frieze.
Exceptions were taken upon the trial to various rulings of the court against the accused; and after the verdict of conviction, a motion was made by him for a new trial, upon many grounds; which motion having been overruled, a bill of exceptions thereto was taken, and the case is brought here by writ of error.
Numerous errors were assigned, founded both upon the rulings in the court below, and upon other objections taken to the record. The questions thus raised we will proceed to…
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