Ned v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from tbe Circuit Court of Yazoo county. Hon. E. Gr. Henry, judge. Tbe plaintiffs in error were indicted in tbe court below for tbe murder of Ely, a slave. Upon tbe trial, W. M. Pickett, for tbe State, testified that he was the owner of the defendants, Ned and Taylor, and also of Ely, the deceased.
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In error from tbe Circuit Court of Yazoo county. Hon. E. Gr. Henry, judge. Tbe plaintiffs in error were indicted in tbe court below for tbe murder of Ely, a slave. Upon tbe trial, W. M. Pickett, for tbe State, testified that he was the owner of the defendants, Ned and Taylor, and also of Ely, the deceased. That on Sunday night,July, 1856, being informed that Ely, who was his driver, was missing, and suspecting that some casualty had befallen him, he caused a lake to be dragged, which was distant about one and a half miles . from his negro quarter; that Ely had a fish-trap in this lake, and…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This writ of error is prosecuted to reverse a judgment of the Circuit Court of Yazoo county, in which the plaintiffs in error were convicted and sentenced for the murder of Ely, a slave. A motion was made for a new trial on the following grounds, to wit: 1. Because the verdict was contrary to law and evidence. 2. Because •witnesses who should have been excluded were allowed to testify at the trial. 3. Because the court erred in charging the jury. And, 4. On the ground of improper conduct of one of the jurors.
The second and third grounds assigned in support of the motion seem to have been…
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