Legal Opinion

King v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1920No. 21095PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from circuit court of Warren county. • Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. E. L. King and three others were convicted on an indictment charging an unlawful conspiracy in making assault on and smeafing the body of a named female, pursuant to which they unlawfully assaulted and tarred her, and they appeal.

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Appeal from circuit court of Warren county. • Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. E. L. King and three others were convicted on an indictment charging an unlawful conspiracy in making assault on and smeafing the body of a named female, pursuant to which they unlawfully assaulted and tarred her, and they appeal. We desire briefly to answer the learned attorney-general’s argument as set out in his answer brief to-wit: First, that this honorable court should pass unnoticed (as is suggested by the attorney-general in his brief at page 3), our objection to certain assault instruction asked by the state…

1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.

The appellants, four in number, were indicted, tried, and convicted in the circuit court of Warren county, and each sentenced to pay a fine and be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of six months, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

Omitting the formal parts, the indictment against these appellants is in the following words:

That they “did unlawfully conspire, combine, and confederate together to make an assault upon and smear tar upon the body of one Ella Brooks, and afterwards, in pursuance of the said unlawful conspiracy and combination, and then and there unlawfully…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Collier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Laura v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Isaacs v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1873

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Griffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Moore v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Greenwald v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
  5. Martin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1944

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