Anderson v. State

These defendants were before this court on a former appeal, 168 Miss. 424, 151 So. 558, wherein they were convicted on an attempt to rob with firearms, and sentenced to be hanged. The case was reversed and remanded, whereupon they were indicted for assault and battery with intent to kill and murder, tried and convicted, and sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the state penitentiary.

There were three persons shot on the same occasion: Lewis Ewing, a negro; Wong Fong, a Chinese; and his son, Wong Sing. This latter indictment charged an as sault with intent to kill and murder, in the…