Lynes v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Jones circuit court. Hancock, J. James Hightower, Thomas Morgan Lynes, Thomas Lynes, and Samuel Lynes, were indicted for the murder of one Charles Landrum, the first as principal, the second' for aiding and abetting the murder at the time, and thé two last as accessories before the fact. • Morgan Lynes and Thomas Lynes were first put- on their trial jointly at the October term, A. D. 1858, and were found guilty’ and sentenced to be hung.
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Error to Jones circuit court. Hancock, J. James Hightower, Thomas Morgan Lynes, Thomas Lynes, and Samuel Lynes, were indicted for the murder of one Charles Landrum, the first as principal, the second' for aiding and abetting the murder at the time, and thé two last as accessories before the fact. • Morgan Lynes and Thomas Lynes were first put- on their trial jointly at the October term, A. D. 1858, and were found guilty’ and sentenced to be hung. Their motion for a new trial having been overruled, they tendered a bill of exceptions,-which contains all the evidence and the rulings of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Harris, J.:
The plaintiffs in error were indicted for the murder of one *1215Landrum, -with James Hightower and Lemuel Lynes, the said Hightower as principal; Thomas M. Lynes, for aiding and abetting the murder at the time; and Thomas and Lemuel Lynes, as accessories before the fact, by inciting and procuring the commission of the offense.
■ The record before us relates only to the trial of Thomas M. Lynes and Thomas Lynes, who were convicted and sentenced, after a motion for a new trial made and overruled, to be hanged. . A bill of exceptions appears in the record, presenting the testimony and all…
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