Hall v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Tallabatcbie county. Hon. Jno. W. Ktle, Judge. Arrie Hall was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals. We insist that the defendant could not have been convicted of any crime on this testimony of the state, but admitting that a verdict of some sort would stand on this testimony, then we have the emphatic and undisputed testimony of the real eye-witnesses to the shooting. There is nothing in the record to contradict it in any sort of way.
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Appeal from circuit court of Tallabatcbie county. Hon. Jno. W. Ktle, Judge. Arrie Hall was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals. We insist that the defendant could not have been convicted of any crime on this testimony of the state, but admitting that a verdict of some sort would stand on this testimony, then we have the emphatic and undisputed testimony of the real eye-witnesses to the shooting. There is nothing in the record to contradict it in any sort of way. If this testimon be true, then the defendant acted in self-defense. “If all the testimony in this case, whether introduced by…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, P. J.
The appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the penitentiary. According to the testimony for the state, the deceased was riding a mule along the road, going to the house of a neighbor to borrow an ice cream freezer when some one from the house of the appellant called him. He rode close to a window of the house, and as he was leaving the appellant shot him twice with a Winchester rifle, one bullet entering the arm and the other the bach. According to this testimony the deceased was doing nothing except riding along when he was shot.
The testimony…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mayes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1886
- Martin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
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