Turbeville v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Yazoo County. Hon. S. S. Calhoon, Judge. The nature of the case and the effect of the evidence are stated in the opinion of the court.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Yazoo County. Hon. S. S. Calhoon, Judge. The nature of the case and the effect of the evidence are stated in the opinion of the court. During, the argument by counsel in the lower court, the judge left the bench, to be occupied by a member of the bar, whom he instructed to call him if his presence should be needed. 'While the district attorney was making his closing argument to 'the jury, the counsel for the accused objected that he had appealed to the race prejudices of the colored jurors in order to secure the conviction of the defendant. The judge was recalled…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmees, J.
James E. Turbeville was city tax-collector of Yazoo City. Having collected from Fountain Barksdale, a tax-payer of said city, the full amount of taxes due by him, as shown on the assessment-book or roll of said city, he thereafter so altered the figures showing the value of Barksdale’s taxable property as to make a difference of $9,000 in the value, and a difference of $119 in the amount collected by him. By the book, thus altered, he settled his own accounts with the city. He was indicted for forgery, under sect. 2582 of the Code, by which it is declared that every person shall be deemed…
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