Stokes v. State

This case originated in the Second Judicial District of Jones County, Mississippi. William Stokes was indicted on the twenty-fourth day of March, 1960. The indictment charged that he, on or about the third day of March, 1960, in the county and district aforesaid, did wilfully and unlawfully, feloniously and with malice aforethought, kill and murder one Mrs. Eula Clark, a human being, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi.

This case was argued before the Supreme Court December 5, 1960, with the understanding that the record was to be amended and the attorney general was…