Leverett v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Forest county. HoN. Paul B. JohusoN, Judge. Thomas H. Leverett was convicted of murder and appealed. The facts are fully .stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Forest county. HoN. Paul B. JohusoN, Judge. Thomas H. Leverett was convicted of murder and appealed. The facts are fully .stated in the opinion of the court. If the jury believed the appellant went up to Richton Mill on the night just previous to the shooting, looked into the mill and saw Bradley, the deceased, while he was engaged about his work, in the face of his denial, this would go a. long ways toward convincing them that appellant’s business in Ricbton was to look Mm np and Mil him. It was on this theory that the evidence was offered and on this theory…
1Opinion of the Court
Pottek, J,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant in this case was indicted by the grand jury of Perry county on a charge of murdering one Ed. Bradley. He was tried once in Perry county, which resulted in a mistrial. A motion for a change of venue was made, and the venue changed to Forrest county. The first time the ■case was tried in Forrest county, there was a hung jury, and a mistrial entered, and upon a third trial of the case, being the second trial in Forrest county, the defendant was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
The appellant admitted at the trial that…
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