Morrow v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Washington County. Hon. B. F. Trimble, Judge. each argued orally and in writing. As the witnesses saw the homicide, the prosecutor was bound to call them. Rex v. iSimmonds, 1 Car. & P. 84; Regina v. Holden, 8 Car. & P. 606 ; Roscoe Crim. Evid. 136; Regina v. Chapman, 8 Car. & P. 658; Regina v. Sir oner, 1 Car. & K. 650. American courts of high repute bold the same doer trine.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Washington County. Hon. B. F. Trimble, Judge. each argued orally and in writing. As the witnesses saw the homicide, the prosecutor was bound to call them. Rex v. iSimmonds, 1 Car. & P. 84; Regina v. Holden, 8 Car. & P. 606 ; Roscoe Crim. Evid. 136; Regina v. Chapman, 8 Car. & P. 658; Regina v. Sir oner, 1 Car. & K. 650. American courts of high repute bold the same doer trine. Maher v. People, 10 Mich. 212; Hurd v. People, 25 Mich. 405. The case of State v. Martin, 2 Ired. 101, is merely to the effect, that after the prosecutor has fully developed all the facts,…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
Thomas L. Morrow was convicted of the murder of Thomas J. White, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for life. He prosecutes this writ of error to reverse that judgment. The principal ground of reversal urged is that the district attorney in the court below having closed the case for the State without examining two witnesses whose names were marked as State’s witnesses on the back of the indictment, and who were present at the trial, the accused by his counsel moved the court to compel their introduction and examination by the State, upon the ground that the testimony already…
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