Wilkerson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Marshall comity. Hon. S. M. Stephens, Judge. Wilkerson, appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted in the court below and sentenced to the penitentiary. He appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of Marshall comity. Hon. S. M. Stephens, Judge. Wilkerson, appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted in the court below and sentenced to the penitentiary. He appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. It was erroneous not to set aside the verdict, when it was proved that Ponds, the bailiff, had been taken into the confidence of the jury in regard to their verdict, and that a question of law had been left to his decision, by common consent of the jury, and an agreement made that they should abide by his decision. The…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
The appellant was indicted in the circuit court of Marshall county for burglary and grand larceny, and was convicted of burglary and petit larceny, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for one year. From this judgment he appeals. The action of the court upon the evidence and the instructions is assigned for error, but upon the whole case it is so clearly right that the defendant is left no room to complain in that behalf. Pie further complains of the trial because of the conduct of one of the bailiffs in charge of the jury which convicted him. In regard to this matter it was shown that Will…
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