Buckler v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted of'murder,' and on appeal the judgment and sen tence was affirmed, Buckler v. State (Miss.), 157 So. 353. After affirmance and before the day of execution, appellant, through his attorneys, presented his petition, to the trial judge, but during term time, for a writ of error coram nobis, alleging therein that he was insane at the time of the trial and has been insane at all times before and since. This petition was supported by the affidavits of the attorneys appointed by the court, who state in their affidavits that they did not know of the…