Jordan v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of De Soto County. Scruggs, J. The grounds of error relied upon in this case are these : First. The admission of the confession of the accused, which was obtained by threats and violence. Second. The overruling of the motion for a new trial. 1. That the confession of the accused was not under the circumstances admissible in evidence ; see Barb. Cr.
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In error from the circuit court of De Soto County. Scruggs, J. The grounds of error relied upon in this case are these : First. The admission of the confession of the accused, which was obtained by threats and violence. Second. The overruling of the motion for a new trial. 1. That the confession of the accused was not under the circumstances admissible in evidence ; see Barb. Cr. L. 419-21. It violates the last clause of the 10th section of the 1st. art. of the constitution. • There is no proof of malice, express or implied, without which the offense was not murder. The only pretext for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Fisher, J.:
This was an indictment found by the grand jury at the June term, 1856, of the circuit court of De Soto county, charging the prisoner with the murder of a slave named Aaron, upon which the prisoner was convicted and sentenced at that term of the court.
It is first assigned as error, that the court below erred in permitting certain statements or confessions of the prisoner to be given in evidence before the jury. One Mallory being introduced as a witness on the part of the state, testified that after the killing of the slave Aaron, and after the arrest of the prisoner, he, witness,…
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