Harper v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
FROM the circuit court of, second district, Perry county. Hon. JohN R. ENOCHS, Judge. Harper, appellant, a practicing physician, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder, the killing of one William B. Lawrence, sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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FROM the circuit court of, second district, Perry county. Hon. JohN R. ENOCHS, Judge. Harper, appellant, a practicing physician, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder, the killing of one William B. Lawrence, sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The first twelve assignments of error are predicated of the position that there was an eye witness to the killing, by whom the prosecution proved positively that Harper did not do anything to aid in tbe killing, and did not seem to say anything to abet it, and…
1Opinion of the CourtTeult, J.
Appellant, J. J. Harper, was indicted jointly with E. T. McCormick for the murder of one William B. Lawrence. Severance was had. Appellant placed on trial, convicted of murder, appeals to this court, and assigns thirty-nine causes of error. The theory of the state was that appellant, with McCormick, jointly participated in the murder of deceased. The testimony of the state witnesses shows that upon the complaint of certain women appellant stated that he would get McCormick, and arrest or have arrested the deceased for some real or supposed violation of the law. Three shots were fired. The…
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