Lawson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. Oliver W. Gatci-iings, Judge. Lawson, the appellant, was indicted and tried for and convicted of burglary, and appealed to the supreme court.
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From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. Oliver W. Gatci-iings, Judge. Lawson, the appellant, was indicted and tried for and convicted of burglary, and appealed to the supreme court. The court below refused an instruction asked by the defendant in these words: “The court instructs the jury that each juror should base his verdict on the law and the evidence of the case, and should not consent to a verdict merely because it is the verdict of some other juror, or even a majority of the jurors, but his verdict must be based upon the law and the evidence of the case.” The facts are clearly…
1Opinion of the Court
Trult, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Conceding tbat all tbe assignments of error presented by appellant be sound and well taken, they are still insufficient to justify a reversal of tbis case. Here we have proof of tbe breaking and *564burglary; the possession and recovery of the stolen property; the flight of the defendant; his subsequent arrest, plea of guilty at preliminary trial, and voluntary confession. Under this state of facts, no other result could reasonably be expected on any trial. The instruction refused the appellant presents a mere legal truism, the denial of which could…
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