Dick v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Yazoo circuit court. HeNRY, J. The proceedings in the court below, necessary to be stated, are fully set out in the opinion of the court, except the testimony of witness, Peter (a slave). This witness, on the part of the state, testified as follows : “ That on the night his master was killed, he went with the prisoners to the house—they made him go with them. Henry went in first, Dick next, and Aleck stayed in the gallery.
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Error to Yazoo circuit court. HeNRY, J. The proceedings in the court below, necessary to be stated, are fully set out in the opinion of the court, except the testimony of witness, Peter (a slave). This witness, on the part of the state, testified as follows : “ That on the night his master was killed, he went with the prisoners to the house—they made him go with them. Henry went in first, Dick next, and Aleck stayed in the gallery. When they went in, his master (Theophilus Pritchard) jumped out of bed; that Henry caught hold of him, and threw him on the floor, and choked him until he got…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.:
The plaintiffs in error were indicted and tried in the circuit court of Yazoo county; and convicted of the murder of Theo-philus Pritchard. A motion was made for a new trial, which was overruled. Whereupon the prisoners excepted, and filed their bill of exceptions, which contains the evidence adduced on the trial.
The first exception taken to the judgment below is, that the court erred in overruling the motion of the prisoners, “ to *815rule out all the testimony as to the confessions of the prisoners.”
To determine the validity of this exception, we must refer to the evidence, as it…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Peter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
- Van Buren v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1852
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