Wesley v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Monroe circuit' court. Acker, J. The prisoner was indicted for the murder of William G. Eord. He pleaded not guilty to the indictment, and the case was submitted to the jury.
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Error to Monroe circuit' court. Acker, J. The prisoner was indicted for the murder of William G. Eord. He pleaded not guilty to the indictment, and the case was submitted to the jury. The substance of the testimony adduced on the trial is as follows: The deceased had been overseeing for Walker, the owner of the prisoner, for about one month previous to his death; that about sunrise on Sunday morning, the 1st of August, 1858,. the deceased brought the prisoner to the door of the smoke-house, and called for the key, and for a strap with which he usually tied negroes. These were brought to him.…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted and tried for the murder of one William G. Ford,-and convicted. A motion was made in the court below to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial,which was overruled; whereupon the defendant excepted, and. *1269has brought the cause before us by writ of error. The bill of exceptions taken to the judgment on the motion for a new trial, contains the evidence in the cause, and presents the grounds of error relied on for a reversal of the judgment.
A detailed statement of the evidence is unnecessary, as it will be quite sufficient to refer to only such…
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