Stewart v. State

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County on an indictment charging him with the murder of Annie Mae Wester-field, in whose house he had been living. The overwhelming evidence in the case reveals a most cruel death of this woman at the hands of this appellant by repeated and savage stabbing of her, while sbe was held by Mm helpless and prone upon the bed in her home. It was deliberate murder beyond all reasonable doubt, and the jury properly so found by its verdict. The Court sentenced…