Johnson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Lincoln county. LIon. Moyse H. Wilkinson, Judge. Johnson, the appellant, was indicted jointly with one Needham Butler for the murder of one Edward Paxton on April 23, 1904. Butler pleaded guilty to the indictment and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Johnson, appellant, was tried, con.victed, received a like sentence, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in tha opinion of the court.
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From tbe circuit court of Lincoln county. LIon. Moyse H. Wilkinson, Judge. Johnson, the appellant, was indicted jointly with one Needham Butler for the murder of one Edward Paxton on April 23, 1904. Butler pleaded guilty to the indictment and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Johnson, appellant, was tried, con.victed, received a like sentence, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in tha opinion of the court. There is no claim that appellant Johnson was present at the killing or that he was the party who did the deed. Butler killed defendant. If appellant is…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
The testimony for the state, which was accepted by the jury as true, is sufficient to warrant their finding and sustain the conviction. It was shown that the deceased, Edward Paxton, only a short time before the homicide, had himself slain the brother of the appellant, and there was then pending against him a prosecution growing out of the killing. The existence of bad feeling between appellant and deceased was proven, and it was also shown, that appellant entertained such a deep degree of malice that only a short time before this homicide he had endeavored to hire the witness Britt to…
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