Dixon v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Washington county. The defendant was indicted for the murder of Nancy Miner. He moved the court below for an order'removing the case to the United States court, which motion was overruled. Defendant also made a motion to quash the indictment, and this motion was denied. The facts upon which these motions were based are stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of Washington county. The defendant was indicted for the murder of Nancy Miner. He moved the court below for an order'removing the case to the United States court, which motion was overruled. Defendant also made a motion to quash the indictment, and this motion was denied. The facts upon which these motions were based are stated in the opinion of the court. Upon the trial, it appeared in evidence that defendant shot at another person, and killed Nancy Miner, whom, it is claimed, he did not see. The state, over defendant’s objection, introduced evidence showing that…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, C. J.
• The appellant has been indicted, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of one Nancy Miner. In the court below the defendant made a motion to quash the indictment, and when the motion was overruled he moved for a transfer of the cause from the state to the federal court. This motion was also denied. The action of the court in refusing to quash the indictment, and in denying the petition for a transfer of the cause, constitute the principal errors assigned. The motion and the petition set out, in effect, the same facts,. and affidavits of several persons were filed…
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