Stewart v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Hinds County (1st Dist.). Hon. George E. Brown, Judge. Plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury for the 2d district of Hinds county, at the January term, 1873, of the circuit court of said county, for the murder of Thos. Boatman.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Hinds County (1st Dist.). Hon. George E. Brown, Judge. Plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury for the 2d district of Hinds county, at the January term, 1873, of the circuit court of said county, for the murder of Thos. Boatman. At the June term, 1873, of said court, the cause was continued; at the December term, 1873, a motion was made for a change of venue, which was, by the court, overruled, and a special venire ordered and drawn; the sheriff returned the venire, and the case was continued until the next day ; arid on the next day, plaintiff in error…
1Opinion of the CourtTarbell, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted for the crime of murder, and on the trial, was found guilty of manslaughter. In the progress of the trial, several exceptions were taken, as indicated by the errors relied on in this court, to which a writ of error has been prosecuted to obtain a review of the action and rulings of the court below. The grounds relied on for a reversal of the judgment, and fora new trial, are these: In declining to grant a change of venue; in refusing a continuance; in permitting the state to challenge a juror peremptorily after he had been presented to and accepted by the…
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