Mackmasters v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Tishomingo county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Mackmasters, appellant, was indicted for tbe murder of bis own father, Uriah Mackmasters. On bis first trial be was convicted of manslaughter and appealed to tbe supreme court, where tbe conviction was reversed and tbe cause remanded for a new trial.
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From tbe circuit court of Tishomingo county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Mackmasters, appellant, was indicted for tbe murder of bis own father, Uriah Mackmasters. On bis first trial be was convicted of manslaughter and appealed to tbe supreme court, where tbe conviction was reversed and tbe cause remanded for a new trial. See Maclcmasiers v. State, 81 Miss., 374. A second trial was bad and defendant again convicted of manslaughter, and he again appealed (this appeal) to tbe supreme court. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. It is-clear that the confession and its…
1Opinion of the CourtPrice, J.
Appellant was indicted for the murder of his father by the grand jury of Tishomingo .county, convicted of manslaughter, and upon a former appeal to this court, 81 Miss., 314, s. c., 33 South., 2, the ease was reversed and remanded. At the January term, 1903, of the circuit court, he was put upon trial for manslaughter, convicted, and sentenced for a term of twenty years in the state penitentiary. The state, over defendant’s objection, introduced in evidence confessions made by the defendant while in the county jail, and before his trial. The question presented by this appeal is, were the…
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- Simon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
- Van Buren v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1852
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