Hill v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of "Wilkinson county. HoN. E. E. JacksoN, Judge. Hattie Hill was convicted of manslaughter and appeals. ' Section 1401 of the Code of 1906, referred to in the opinion, provides that: “The local jurisdiction of all offenses, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be in the county where the offense was committed.
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Appeal from the circuit court of "Wilkinson county. HoN. E. E. JacksoN, Judge. Hattie Hill was convicted of manslaughter and appeals. ' Section 1401 of the Code of 1906, referred to in the opinion, provides that: “The local jurisdiction of all offenses, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be in the county where the offense was committed. But, if on the trial the evidence make it doubtful in which of several counties, including th'at in which the indictment alleges it, the offense was committed, such doubt shall not avail to procure the acquittal of the defendant.” Section 1483 provides:…
1Opinion of the CourtSteveNS, J.
Appellant was indicted for the murder of one Davis Lyons, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of three years. There are only two points raised by the assignment of errors that merit discussion. The first point is the contention that the state failed to prove the venue; and the second point is the complaint that the petit jury was not specially sworn in accordance with the provisions of section 1483, Code of 1906.
The witnesses for the state, in detailing the facts, nowhere mention Wilkinson county. There is abundant evidence, however, that the crime was…
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