Boatwright v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. B.. W. Heidelberg, Judge. Beeman Boatwright was convicted of murder and appeals. . The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The copy of venire summoned and copy of indictment were served on appellant on Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock and appellant put to trial over his objection on the following Monday.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. B.. W. Heidelberg, Judge. Beeman Boatwright was convicted of murder and appeals. . The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The copy of venire summoned and copy of indictment were served on appellant on Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock and appellant put to trial over his objection on the following Monday. The statute in question is section 1481 of the Code of 1906, and is as follows: (1481) “Proceedings after indictment: in capital cases, copy of indictment and special venire served to be given;-any person indicted for a…
1Opinion of the CourtSteveNS, J.
Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted for the murder of W. B. Culpepper, and sentenced by the circuit court of Lauderdale county to be hanged. From this judgment imposing the death penalty appellant appeals, and assigns a number of alleged errors relied upon for reversal. The proof for the state shows that Beeman Boatwright, at the time of the tragedy, September 5, 1918, was a soldier in the United States Army, and a deserter, having left Camp Funston without leave, and being in hiding in the mountains of Lauder-dale county, some two or three miles south of the city of Meridian. Mr.…
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