Hinton v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Jasper county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Charles Hinton was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill' and murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The appellant was .convicted .of assault and battery with intent to kill and murder. The only error assigned is the granting by the court below of the following instruction : “The court charges the jury for the state that they are the sole judges of the weight and credibility of all the witnesses, and that, if they believe that any witness wil-fully testified falsely to any material fact at issue, then it is within your pi*ovince to disbelieve all the evidence of such witness or witnesses unless they are corroborated by other credible witnesses or evidence.”
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
- Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
- Wilson v. ZookMississippi Supreme Court · 1892
- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. HedrickMississippi Supreme Court · 1884
- Turner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1909
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