Story v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Holmes county. HoN. C. H. Campbell, Judge. On the 14th of November, 1889, Barney Xleinfelcler was killed in Holmes county, Mississippi. On the 4th day of December following, the appellant, Eugene Story, and one M. Jones, Jr., were indicted in the court below for his murder. The defendants had been imprisoned on said charge since November 16th.
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From the circuit court of Holmes county. HoN. C. H. Campbell, Judge. On the 14th of November, 1889, Barney Xleinfelcler was killed in Holmes county, Mississippi. On the 4th day of December following, the appellant, Eugene Story, and one M. Jones, Jr., were indicted in the court below for his murder. The defendants had been imprisoned on said charge since November 16th. When the indictment was presented they were brought immediately into court, when they asked that time be granted themselves and counsel to prepare their defense. The court ordered the case set for the following Friday, December…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
We find no error in the rulings of the court below in refusing to permit the appellant to make an application for a continuance when the venire was ordered, or in directing the writ of venire facias to the sheriff, when, upon the motion of appellant, the venire drawn from the jury-box was quashed, or in overruling the application for a continuance made by appellant on the day fixed' for his trial, or in the examination of the jurors upon their voir dire and im-panneling the jury by which he was tried and convicted.
When the defendant first asked the court to permit him to prepare his…
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