Pulpus v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the circuit court of, first district, Chickasaw county. ' Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Pulpus, appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted óf murder, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case. This case was the killing of a human being by another unaided or abetted by any one, but the state attempted to prove a conspiracy on the part of all the defendants and others to kill and murder the deceased.
Read the full summary
Prom the circuit court of, first district, Chickasaw county. ' Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Pulpus, appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted óf murder, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case. This case was the killing of a human being by another unaided or abetted by any one, but the state attempted to prove a conspiracy on the part of all the defendants and others to kill and murder the deceased. The evidence completely fails in this; there was not a word or act of the defendant that was not satisfactorily explained and shown to be…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
The defendant and Alex Pulpus and Arthur Orr were jointly indicted for the murder of George Anderson. At the next term, Isaiah Gillespie was separately indicted for this same offense. We have only to do with the case of Austin Pulpus, who was separately tried. This defendant and George Anderson, on the day preceding the homicide, were engaged as laborers in ditching, when some difficulty occurred between them, and Anderson struck him on the head with a spade, inflicting a bad scalp wound. After the blow Anderson threatened to kill Austin Pulpus. Only these two were engaged in this trouble.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lofton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1901
3Cited by16 opinions
- Hart v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
- Lancaster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Sunderland v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
- Keys v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
- Parker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.