Pigott v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Pike county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. O. A. Pigott was convicted of murder and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court..
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Appeal from the circuit court of Pike county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. O. A. Pigott was convicted of murder and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.. In Woods v. State-, 67 Miss. 575-, this court plants itself squarely on the proposition that it is erroneous to give an instruction, that the jury should consider the feeling and interest of any witness in connection with all the testimony in determining how far, if at all, they could believe such witness or consider such testimony. This court has planted itself upon high ground in this case — £ £ That the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtBeed, J.
Appellant was indicted for the murder of Wallace Brumfield. He was convicted and sentenced tó the peni-téntiary for life.
It is contended that the evidence in this case is not sufficient to uphold the verdict of murder.
The difficulty in which Wallace Brumfield was shot occurred after dark on a Saturday evening in June, 1913, in an open woods near to the village of Knoxo. Appellant was on his way home and going along a trail or path which he was accustomed to use. A colored, man, Thad Ball, who was with Grace Harness, a young colored woman in a clump of trees near the pathway, hailed appellant…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Woods v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1890
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