Hamilton v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Beom the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. G-Reen B. Huddleston, Judge. The appellant, John Hamilton, a colored lad, together with Tom Bates and Bud Henry, were indicted by the grand jury for burglary. The appellant was separately tried, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary, from which he prosecuted an appeal to the supreme court.
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Beom the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. G-Reen B. Huddleston, Judge. The appellant, John Hamilton, a colored lad, together with Tom Bates and Bud Henry, were indicted by the grand jury for burglary. The appellant was separately tried, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary, from which he prosecuted an appeal to the supreme court. On the trial of the case the confession referred to in the opinion of the court was offered in evidence, against the objection of the prisoner, which confession was a practical admission by appellant that he and his co-defendants were guilty as…
1Opinion of the Court
Whiteielt), C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Rutland told the appellant, a . negro boy, in the presence of Tlioggardi, the. officer, while appellant was in a cell in the'city jail, that it would be better to toll the truth about it, if he had anything to do with.it, that 'it would be best for him. Tlioggard, asked what caused appellant to confess, said: “1 suppose it was Rutland’s talk; Rutland, I suppose, was the. cause of it.” Rutland was the employer of the appellant,' and'had such authority, and influence over appellant as these relations would usually imply. Neither Thoggard nor…
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