Simon v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Copiab circuit court. , McNair, J. It appears from tbe record that the prisoner was arrested about the middle of the forenoon, and in a few moments thereafter made the confession, as stated in the opinion of the court.
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Error to Copiab circuit court. , McNair, J. It appears from tbe record that the prisoner was arrested about the middle of the forenoon, and in a few moments thereafter made the confession, as stated in the opinion of the court. On the same day the prisoner was taken to his master’s plantation, and was there met by his master and Warren Ellis, and another person; and upon the approach of these last-named parties, Hartley, who had pursued and arrested the prisoner with his- dogs, and who had been present at the former confessions, being then accompanied by his dogs and armed, remarked to Warren…
1Opinion of the Court
Handy, J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried, and convicted for , the murder of another slave in the county of Copiah.
In the course of the trial, the state offered several witnesses to prove that the accused had made confessions of his guilt, under the following circumstances:
It appears that the accused and the deceased were the slaves of one Lot W. Ellis, and that, early in the morning of the 23d of-June, 1857, the deceased was found lying on the floor of the cabin in which he slept, wrapped in his bedclothes, and speechless, having four severe wounds on the head, sufficient to…
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