Wood v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County. HoN. W. M. Nogees, Judge. Wellington Wood was indicted for assault and battery with intent to kill and murder Socratus Scott, called “ Crate Scott.”
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County. HoN. W. M. Nogees, Judge. Wellington Wood was indicted for assault and battery with intent to kill and murder Socratus Scott, called “ Crate Scott.” The evidence for the State tended to show that Wellington, his brother (Lee Wood), and others went to the house of “Crate” and Joe Scott and began a friendly conversation with them which shortly turned in reference to certain hogs; that during the progress of the conversation Wellington Wood charged the Scotts with marking in their own mark certain hogs belonging to him; that “ Crate” Scott…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, C. J.
The indictment charged that the appellant, on the 26th day of July, A. D. 1884, “in and upon one Socratus Scott,did unlawfully make an assault, and the said Wellington Wood, with a certain deadly weapon, to wit, a knife, did then and there strike, beat, cut, and wound the said Socratus Scott, with the intent him, the said Socratus Scott, then and there feloniously, willfully, and of his malice aforethought to kill and murder, etc.”
Objection is now made that the indictment failed to charge that the appellant “feloniously” made the assault. The objection is untenable. Archbold’s Criin. Pldg.…
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