Loftin v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Lauderdale circuit court, DawsoN, J. Asa Loftin was indicted at the September term, 1847, of the court, as an overseer of the road, for not keeping it in repair. He pleaded not gnüty.
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Error to Lauderdale circuit court, DawsoN, J. Asa Loftin was indicted at the September term, 1847, of the court, as an overseer of the road, for not keeping it in repair. He pleaded not gnüty. At the March term, 1848, when the trial was had, after stating that the cause was submitted to the jury, the record states, “ that the jury retired to make up their verdict, and returned, in open court, in the presence of the prisoner, the following verdict: “ We, the jury, find the defendant guilty, as charged in the bill of indictmentand the defendant, by his attorney, prayed an appeal to the high…
1Opinion of the Court
Thaohee, J.:
This is an indictment preferred by the circuit court of Lauder-dale county, Hon. A. B. Dawson, presiding judge, against Asa Loftin, as a delinquent overseer of a public road, under the statute in such case made and provided. H. & H., 458, § 62.
The defendant below pleaded not guilty, but the jury returned a verdict of “ guilty,” whereupon the said defendant prayed an appeal to the high court of errors and appeals, and tendered an appeal bond, conditioned for his appearance at the circuit court of Lauderdale county, on the first Monday in September, a.d. 1848, to abide the decision…
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