Pringle v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county... Hon. J. L: Buckley, Judge. ,W. B. Pringle was, convicted of murder and appeals. The evidence upon which appellant was convicted is-entirely circumstantial. It was the theory of the state that robbery was the motive of the crime, as the evidence .showed that the deceased was robbed of some; money.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county... Hon. J. L: Buckley, Judge. ,W. B. Pringle was, convicted of murder and appeals. The evidence upon which appellant was convicted is-entirely circumstantial. It was the theory of the state that robbery was the motive of the crime, as the evidence .showed that the deceased was robbed of some; money. The sixth assignment of error, referred to in the opinion of the court, is. based upon the overruling of' the defendant’s motion to exclude the testimony of witness Culpepper, with reference to certain statements made hy the defendant at the time…
1Opinion of the Court
Cook, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.'
Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted for the murder of Caroline Watts.
Appellant contends that he was convicted entirely upon circumstantial evidence, and that many errors were committed by the trial court during the progress of his trial. The record establishes the contention that the case of the state rests upon circumstantial evidence alone.
The case made by the evidence is a strong one against the defendant, and, if no errors were committed, the verdict of the jury must stand. .
We will take up and consider the assignment of errors in the…
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