Wall & Howard v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Benton County. Hon. W. D. Bradford, Judge. The plaintiffs in error were jointly indicted for larceny of one bale of cotton of the value of one hundred dollars. A motion was made for a severance, which was refused by the court, and they were put on trial jointly -and both convicted. A motion for a new trial was made, and by the court overruled; and the case comes to this court on a writ of error.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Benton County. Hon. W. D. Bradford, Judge. The plaintiffs in error were jointly indicted for larceny of one bale of cotton of the value of one hundred dollars. A motion was made for a severance, which was refused by the court, and they were put on trial jointly -and both convicted. A motion for a new trial was made, and by the court overruled; and the case comes to this court on a writ of error. The sole question considered by the court was, whether this court could award a new trial to one and affirm the judgment as to the other, or, must the judgment be…
1Opinion of the Court
Tarbell, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of the court.
The plaintiffs in error, having been indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of larceny, seek in this court to obtain a reversal of the verdict and judgment against them, and a new trial. They assign for error the action of the court in overruling defendant’s challenge to a juror; in overruling defendant’s motion for a severance; in admitting evidence of the confessions of Robert Wall; in overruling defendant’s motion for a new trial; and in overruling defendant’s motion to set aside the judgment, and to grant a new trial.
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