White v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. S. F. Davis, Judge. Gerrard White was convicted of murder, and he appeals. A confession to be admissible in evidence must be free, voluntary and made without hone of reward or fear of punishment.
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Appeal from circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. S. F. Davis, Judge. Gerrard White was convicted of murder, and he appeals. A confession to be admissible in evidence must be free, voluntary and made without hone of reward or fear of punishment. Simons v. State, 37 Miss. 288. In the case of Johnson v. State, 107 Miss. 208, this court said: “It is necessary to look to all surroundings of the person making a confession in order to determine whether it is rendered inadmissible because it resulted from fear or threat or undue influence of a person, even though one not in authority, operating…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The appellant, Gerrard White, Avas convicted of the murder of T. H. Gross, and sentenced to death, from which judgment he appeals.
*187The deceased, Mr. Gross, was a merchant and postmaster at Holly Kluge. Early in the morning of June 1, 1921, he was found dead lying upon the floor in his store. He liad been struck with an ax, and also chopped with a hatchet. The body had been robbed, and the cash in the post office had been taken by the murderer or murderers.
The appellant, Gerrard White, a negro boy eighteen years of age, employed as a farm hand, was arrested by the sheriff during the day, and…
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