Guest v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Feom: tke circuit court of, second district, Chickasaw county. HoN. Joira H. Mitohele, Judge. Guest, appellant, was indicted for manslaughter in the killing of one Benjamin Ward, was tried, convicted, sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court sufficiently states tire facts. The language of the district attorney referred to in the opinion, is ■set forth in the brief of counsel for appellant.
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Feom: tke circuit court of, second district, Chickasaw county. HoN. Joira H. Mitohele, Judge. Guest, appellant, was indicted for manslaughter in the killing of one Benjamin Ward, was tried, convicted, sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court sufficiently states tire facts. The language of the district attorney referred to in the opinion, is ■set forth in the brief of counsel for appellant. For the adinission of dying declarations in preliminary hearings by the court for the ascertainment of the facts precedent and necessary…
1Opinion of the Court
McLaiN, C.. At the October term, 1909, of the circuit court of the Second district of Chickasaw county, the appellant, Yester Guest, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of fifteen years, upon a charge of manslaughter, from which, judgment and sentence he prosecutes this appeal. To have a clear conception of the questions of law presented by this appeal, we deem it necessary to give a brief statement of the facts.
■ On July 4, 1907, James Ward, the deceased, and his brother,. Benjamin Ward, along with their families were returning home-from a picnic, and…
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