Johnson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. George Anderson, Judge. Johnson, appellant, and one, William Henderson, were indicted for the murder of Willis Jefferson; there was a severance, and the appellant was tried separately, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of ten years; from which conviction and sentence he appealed to the supreme court. His co-defendant, William Henderson, testified as a witness for the state.
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From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. George Anderson, Judge. Johnson, appellant, and one, William Henderson, were indicted for the murder of Willis Jefferson; there was a severance, and the appellant was tried separately, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of ten years; from which conviction and sentence he appealed to the supreme court. His co-defendant, William Henderson, testified as a witness for the state. The facts are otherwise sufficiently inferrable from the opinion of the court. The court below erred in permitting the state’s witnesses,…
1Opinion of the CourtOalhoon, J.
Without the testimony of Wm. Henderson, defendant could not have been convicted. At any rate, no court would have permitted a verdict of guilty to stand. This witness presents himself in most questionable shape. He it was, and he only, who went to and left Vicksburg in a wagon with deceased. On the way he had a quarrel with him. He alone, without his companion, arrived about midnight at the store of Newman, who had sent him to Vicksburg. Except by his testimony, the defendant, Johnson, does not appear at the scene of the killing. As to Johnson, no motive appears. Henderson made conflicting…
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