Williams v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the circuit court of .Leake county. ILon. James E. Byrd, Judge. Williams, appellant, was indicted and tried for the murder of one Henson, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. Prom such conviction and sentence he appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. The evidence shows that the character of the deceased was, to quote the language' of different witnesses for the state, “very dangerous.”
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Prom the circuit court of .Leake county. ILon. James E. Byrd, Judge. Williams, appellant, was indicted and tried for the murder of one Henson, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. Prom such conviction and sentence he appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. The evidence shows that the character of the deceased was, to quote the language' of different witnesses for the state, “very dangerous.” He lived in another county than the one in which he was killed, and so far as the record discloses, had never been before seen in…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
Williams was indicted for murder and convicted of manslaughter. It is fairly to be deduced from this record that the man he killed was drunk and that Williams was sober; that the deceased was much the more powerful man and in robust health; that Williams was sober, but weak, and a victim of tuberculosis. The occasion was an annual gathering at the church, where there was to be baptizing and then a foot-washing according to the practices of that particular congregation. At such events it appears that the whole neighborhood gathered for miles. The deceased lived in another county and had never…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Beasley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1886
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