Cook v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. Geo. F. BrowN, Judge. The opinion of the c'ourt contains a sufficient statement of the facts in the case. The following errors are assigned: 1st. The court erred in overruling the motion made by defendant in the court below for a new trial. 2d. The verdict of the jury was uncertain and informal, and the court erred in pronouncing judgment thereon. 3d.
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Error to the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. Geo. F. BrowN, Judge. The opinion of the c'ourt contains a sufficient statement of the facts in the case. The following errors are assigned: 1st. The court erred in overruling the motion made by defendant in the court below for a new trial. 2d. The verdict of the jury was uncertain and informal, and the court erred in pronouncing judgment thereon. 3d. The judgment of the court is a nullity, on its face, and not susceptible of being enforced. For these errors committed by the court below, defendant asks the court to reverse their cause and award…
1Opinion of the CourtTakbell, J.
At the May term, 1872, of the Hinds county (first dist.) circuit court, the plaintiff in error was indicted, tried am} convicted of the crime of larceny. The indictment charges the accused with feloniously taking and carrying away one cow, the property of W. Wishart, of the value of seventy dollars.
The following is the verdict returned by the jury: “We the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment.”
There was a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and thereupon a writ of error.
By the instructions of the court to the jury, the motion for a new trial and the assignment…
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