Woods v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the criminal court of Warren county. Ossood, J. The defendant, Robert Woods, was indicted by the grand jury, at the November term, 1869, of the criminal court of Warren county, for the murder of his wife, Amanda Woods ; and at the following term in February, 1870, was tried and found guilty as charged in the indictment.
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Error to the criminal court of Warren county. Ossood, J. The defendant, Robert Woods, was indicted by the grand jury, at the November term, 1869, of the criminal court of Warren county, for the murder of his wife, Amanda Woods ; and at the following term in February, 1870, was tried and found guilty as charged in the indictment. In the progress of the trial, the jury were permitted by the court, at three several times, at the request of the prisoner’s counsel, to separate and disperse under instructions from the court; and, as appears by the affidavit of the deputy sheriff, were seen freely…
1Opinion of the Court
Peyton, C. J.:
In this case, the prisoner was indicted at the November term, 1869, of the criminal court of Warren county, for the murder of Amanda Woods, his wife, and at the ensuing February term of said court, was found guilty by the jury.
A motion was made for a new trial and overruled, and sentence of death was pronounced upon him by the court, and from that judgment the prisoner prosecutes here this writ of error.
It appears from the record, that the prisoner having been arraigned at a former term of the court, was put upon his trial at a subsequent term, on the 14th day of February, 1870,…
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