Dean v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Pike county. Hon. Jefferson Truly, Judge. William and Jackson Dean, appellants, were indicted, tried, and convicted of crime in the court below, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court fully states the case.
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From the circuit court of Pike county. Hon. Jefferson Truly, Judge. William and Jackson Dean, appellants, were indicted, tried, and convicted of crime in the court below, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court fully states the case. It was sought to be shown by Mrs. Williams, who was the ¡iroseeutrix in the case, on cross-examination, that her son, James Williams, was under indictment in Marion county, for burning the defendant Dean’s house, and that she had said, if Dean would act a gentleman with her in Marion county in reference to her son’s case, she would act a lady…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
William and Jackson Dean were jointly indicted and tried for using profane, vulgar, and indecent language in the yard of the dwelling house of Ransom Williams, and in the presence and hearing of his family. Mrs. Williams, the principal witness for the state, testified to facts strongly tending to criminate the defendants; and upon the cross-examination she was asked whether she had or had not, at a time and place given, stated to Albert Ratcliff that “if Mr. Dean would act a gentleman with you in Marion county about your son’s case, that you would act a lady with him in Pike county about his…
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