Waldrop v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Eugene Waldrop, the appellant, was indicted and tried for manslaughter, for the killing of one Lee Crawford, was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five years, and appeals to the supreme court. 'The opinion sufficiently states the facts ‘in'the case.
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From the circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Eugene Waldrop, the appellant, was indicted and tried for manslaughter, for the killing of one Lee Crawford, was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five years, and appeals to the supreme court. 'The opinion sufficiently states the facts ‘in'the case. The court refused six charges asked by the defendant, ■every one of which was the law except the peremptory ■charge marked No. 6 and ought to have been given, on the authority of Hill v. State,'49 So. Eep. 145'. . The court erred fatally in giving the first…
1Opinion of the Court
Mates, C. J-,
delivered the opinion of tbe court.
Eugene Waldrop -was indicted in tbe circuit court of Copiah county for tbe killing of one Lee Crawford some time during tbe year 1910. Tbe indictment was only for manslaughter, and tbe trials resulted in tbe conviction of Waldrop, who was given a five-year sentence intbe penitentiary, and appeals.
A lengthy statement of tbe facts is unnecessary, since tbe questions raised chiefly arise out of alleged error-in tbe instructions. It appears tbat Lee Crawford, deceased, gave a dance at bis home one Saturday night, towbicb a large crowd came,…
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