Brown v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Feom the circuit court of Montgomery county. IIoN. William F. SteveNS.. Judge. Brown, appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts upon which the decision rests are stated in the opinion of the court.
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Feom the circuit court of Montgomery county. IIoN. William F. SteveNS.. Judge. Brown, appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts upon which the decision rests are stated in the opinion of the court. The facts in this case are that this defendant has necessarily been kept in a distant jail in order to protect his life from mob violence, and when he was carried to the scene of the difficulty it required six men in the day time and sixteen men at night to guard the jail in order to protect him. The fact of the deceased^ family being…
1Opinion of the CourtWhiteieud, C. J.
Whatever conflict there may be in the evidence, so far as mere opinion is concerned, as to whether a fair trial could be had in Montgomery county, the testimony for appellant as to acts and circumstances, far more potential than mere opinion testimony, demonstrates beyond all doubt that the court erred in not granting the motion for a change of venue. With threats of death at the hands of a mob; threats of having the appellant if they had to blow up the jail with dynamite to get him; with the sheriff bringing him to Jackson to save his life; with efforts made to get him from the train, so…
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