Weeks v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Winston County. Henby, J. The plaintiff in error was indicted in the court below, at the September term thereof, a.d. 1855, for the murder of one Willis Norris, and at the same term was convicted and sentenced to be hung, The record recites, “ that the sheriff returned into open court a list of the following named persons, good and lawful men, citizens of the United States and residents of said county of Winston, summoned by him, according to…
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Error to the circuit court of Winston County. Henby, J. The plaintiff in error was indicted in the court below, at the September term thereof, a.d. 1855, for the murder of one Willis Norris, and at the same term was convicted and sentenced to be hung, The record recites, “ that the sheriff returned into open court a list of the following named persons, good and lawful men, citizens of the United States and residents of said county of Winston, summoned by him, according to law, to serve as grand jurors during the present term of the court, to wit(here the names of twenty men are inserted).…
1Opinion of the Court
HaNdy, J.:
The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted at the September term, 1855, of the circuit court of Winston county, for the murder of one Willis Norris; and the case is brought to this court upon a bill of exceptions, taken to the action of the court below in overruling a motion for a new trial.
Several objections have been raised and urged here, to the regularity of the summoning of the grand jury which found the indictment; the constitution of the grand jury; the return of the indictment into court; the sufficiency of the indictment with reference to its showing that the grand jury…
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