Stringfellow v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Issaquena county; Hon. R. Barnett, judge. Richard Stringfellow was indicted in the circuit court of Issa-quena county for the murder of Decatur Whitley, and at the November term, 1852, of said court, the accused was found guilty of murder, and sentenced to be hung.
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In error from the circuit court of Issaquena county; Hon. R. Barnett, judge. Richard Stringfellow was indicted in the circuit court of Issa-quena county for the murder of Decatur Whitley, and at the November term, 1852, of said court, the accused was found guilty of murder, and sentenced to be hung. The defendant, by his counsel, moved the court for a new trial, because of the introduction of illegal testimony by the State, and also for the refusal by the court below to give certain instructions asked by the accused on the trial; all of which are fully set out in the opinion of the court. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief-Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff in error was indicted and tried in the circuit court of Issaquena, and convicted of the murder of Decatur Whitley. The bill of exceptions filed to the decision of the court overruling the motion for a new trial, embodies the whole of the evidence submitted to the jury. Several exceptions were taken to the ruling of the court in reference to the admission of evidence on the trial. The charges of the court, and its refusal to instruct the jury as requested by the counsel for the plaintiff in error, are made the grounds of…
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