Wells v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Warren county. HoN. E. L. BbieN, Judge. John Wells was convicted and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, P. J.
This case has been before us before, and was reversed and remanded for retrial. '70 So. 452. The same reasons for reversal given by the court before are again urged for a reversal.
The state has repaired its fences, using the same witnesses'who. testified on the former trial to close up the breaks in the line. -As.the record now stands, the identity *77of the murderer'is established by the dying declaration of the murdered man, supplemented by the testimony of other witnesses who also testified at the former trial, who put up the gaps in their testimony. The defendant shifted his base a little…
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