Stubbs v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. ÜRIAH Millsaps, Judge. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case.
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Error to the circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. ÜRIAH Millsaps, Judge. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case. The following are the assignments of error, to-wit: 1. the court erred in refusing to continue the cause upon the application of plaintiff in error. 2. The court erred in excluding the juror,-., from the jury box, because he was not a householder or freeholder. 3. The court erred in permitting the trial to progress in the absence of the plaintiff in error. 4. The record does not show.that the plaintiff in error was present in court when the jury…
1Opinion of the CourtTaRbell, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of murder. The only point made here, is, that the record does not show, affirmatively, the presence of the accused, throughout the trial, and particularly, that it does not show his presence when the verdict of the jury'was returned, nor when the motion for a new trial was made, and overruled.
The record states the presence, distinctly, of the accused, on each day of the trial, down to the 19th day of October, 1872, the twelfth day of the term, at which the trial was had, on which last day the entry is this: “ Saturday…
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