Toumey v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to tbe circuit court of Claiborne county. At tbe May term, 1845, of tbe circuit court of Warren county, Isaac Tourney was indicted by tbe grand jury, for a rape upon tbe person of Mary Eolkes, on tbe first day of September, 1844. Tbe venue was changed to Clairborne county, where at tbe June term of the circuit court, he was tried and found guilty, and sentenced to twenty years in tbe penitentiary.
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Error to tbe circuit court of Claiborne county. At tbe May term, 1845, of tbe circuit court of Warren county, Isaac Tourney was indicted by tbe grand jury, for a rape upon tbe person of Mary Eolkes, on tbe first day of September, 1844. Tbe venue was changed to Clairborne county, where at tbe June term of the circuit court, he was tried and found guilty, and sentenced to twenty years in tbe penitentiary. Tbe bill of exceptions, made part of tbe record in tbe case, shows substantially as follows: Mary Folkes, on behalf of tbe prosecution, testified that about the first day of September, 1844,…
1Opinion of the Court
Thacher, J.:
An indictment for rape was preferred by the grand jury of Warren county against Isaac Toumey, at the April term, 1845, of the circuit court of that county. Under the statute a change of venue was allowed, and the indictment was tried in the county of Claiborne, whereupon a verdict of guilty was rendered, and the defendant sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of twenty years.
The defendant below brings the cause into this court by a writ of error, sued out upon exceptions reserved to the ruling of the court, in admitting and rejecting testimony upon the trial.
Th…
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