Osborne v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. N. A. Taylor, Judge. C. W. Osborne was convicted of burning a stock of goods with intent to defraud an insurance company, and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. N. A. Taylor, Judge. C. W. Osborne was convicted of burning a stock of goods with intent to defraud an insurance company, and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The rule with reference to the admissibility of statements and admissions of one conspirator against his fellows is, that after prima facie proof of the existence of' a conspiracy is made, that such statements or admissions, may be heard which were made before the crime was complete. Such statements and admissions made afterward are always…
1Opinion of the Court
McLain, C.
This case was affirmed on a former day of this term (54 South.'450), without a written opinion. The attorney for C. W. Osborne, the appellant, filed a vigorous suggestion of error, based upon supposed errors in our former decision, and presents it in his brief with much skill and ability. In our former investigation, we were fully impressed with the magnitude and importance of the case. Bach and every assignment of error in the record was thoroughly and deliberately considered by each member of this court. As a matter of course, we would not have affirmed it then, unless we had been…
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