Fugate v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Prentiss county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Eugate, appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder in- the court below and appealed to the supreme court. The facts upon which the decision is based are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of Prentiss county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Eugate, appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder in- the court below and appealed to the supreme court. The facts upon which the decision is based are fully stated in the opinion of the court. If we are to stand by the splendid enunciation of Justice Stockdale upon the subject of a fair and impartial trial, as delivered by him in the case of Jejfries v. State, 74 Miss., 675,. in which cause the disqualification of one juror was involved, then it inevitably follows under the principles enunciated in that case…
1Opinion of the CourtPrice, J.
The defendant was tried at the August term, 1902, of the circuit court of Prentiss county, for the murder of Ransom Cunningham, was convicted and sentenced to be hanged, and appeals to this court.
Assignments of error 1 to 5, inclusive, go to the competency of Jurors Randall, Kinard, Browning, Pinson and Waters. At the very threshold of this case we are met with the proposition, were the above-named jurors competent? If this question be decided in the negative, then it would be useless to notice any other of the- numerous assignments of error. The proposed *193Juror Randall, upon his voir dire,…
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