Ex parte Webb
Mississippi Supreme Court
Eeom the circuit court of Lamar county. HoN. William H. Oook, Judge. Webb, appellant, applied to the court below for an allowance to him of a statutory [Code 1906, § 1459] reward for the arrest of one Thomas Johnson, a fleeing homicide. The application was disallowed and the applicant appealed to the supreme court.
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Eeom the circuit court of Lamar county. HoN. William H. Oook, Judge. Webb, appellant, applied to the court below for an allowance to him of a statutory [Code 1906, § 1459] reward for the arrest of one Thomas Johnson, a fleeing homicide. The application was disallowed and the applicant appealed to the supreme court. In view of the opinion of the court no further statement of the facts is deemed necessary. [The briefs of counsel could not be found when the reporter reached this case, hence synopses of their briefs are not given.]
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
We think the evidence shows plainly that Johnson was either “fleeing or attempting to flee” after having killed King, and that the petitioner is entitled to the statutory reward. Whilst due •care must be taken to see'that these claims for reward are bona fide, the statute must nevertheless be given a liberal construction in aid of parties arresting fleeing homicides.
It is insisted by the state that since the county was not made a party, and since there is nothing in this record to show that the board of supervisors has allowed this claim,…
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