Browning v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Holmes circuit court. Heotsy, J. The plaintiff in error was indicted with bis son, Gaston E. Browning, for tbe murder of John W. Neal. The indictment was found in Sunflower county, but on application of the defendants tbe venue was changed to Holmes county, where there was a severance bad, and at the November term, 1855, of the Holmes circuit court, tbe plaintiff in error was tried, convicted and sentenced to death.
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Error to Holmes circuit court. Heotsy, J. The plaintiff in error was indicted with bis son, Gaston E. Browning, for tbe murder of John W. Neal. The indictment was found in Sunflower county, but on application of the defendants tbe venue was changed to Holmes county, where there was a severance bad, and at the November term, 1855, of the Holmes circuit court, tbe plaintiff in error was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Before tbe jury was empanelled, the defendant applied for a continuance, on account of tbe absence of several witnesses which be deemed material for bis defense. In…
1Opinion of the Court
HaNdy, J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted, together with his son, Gaston E. Browning, in the circuit court of Sunflower county, for the murder of John W. Neal. The venue was changed to Holmes circuit court, where the parties were tried separately, and were both found guilty of murder. The case of Gaston E. Browning has recently been decided here, and the judgment reversed, upon grounds which are stated in the opinion of the court.1
After the verdict, in the case now under consideration, the prisoner moved to set it aside and for a new trial, upon sundry grounds, which motion, being…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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