Ogle v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Iloimes circuit court. Henry, J. At the April term, 1856, of the circuit court of Holmes county, Lewis Ogle was indicted, tried, and convicted of the murder of one W. P. "West. A new trial was granted, and at the following October term he was again tried and found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.
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Error to Iloimes circuit court. Henry, J. At the April term, 1856, of the circuit court of Holmes county, Lewis Ogle was indicted, tried, and convicted of the murder of one W. P. "West. A new trial was granted, and at the following October term he was again tried and found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. At that time the prisoner applied for a continuance on account of the absence of Thomas Gray, by whom he expected to prove, as he stated in his affidavit, that the deceased and the defendant were very unfriendly up to within a short time previous to the killing; and also on…
1Opinion of the Court
Fisher, J.:
The prisoner was put upon his trial at the October term, 1856, of the circuit court of Holmes county, for the murder of one "William P. West, and was by the jury found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. To have the sentence pronounced upon this verdict, and the proceedings leading thereto, revised by this court, this writ of error has been prosecuted.
It appears that before going into the trial the prisoner moved ' the court for a continuance on account of the absence of certain witnesses whose testimony he deemed material in his defence. He sets forth in his affidavit that…
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