Staten v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Yalobusha circuit court. Habéis, J. The plaintiff in error was convicted in the circuit court of Yalobusha county, of manslaughter in the second degree, upon an indictment purporting to be found in the circuit court of Tallahatchie county; it being alleged that the venue was changed from Tallahatchie county. The judgment must be reversed for several errors: 1. The record contains no evidence, that the circuit court of Yalobusha county had jurisdiction of the cause.
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Error to Yalobusha circuit court. Habéis, J. The plaintiff in error was convicted in the circuit court of Yalobusha county, of manslaughter in the second degree, upon an indictment purporting to be found in the circuit court of Tallahatchie county; it being alleged that the venue was changed from Tallahatchie county. The judgment must be reversed for several errors: 1. The record contains no evidence, that the circuit court of Yalobusha county had jurisdiction of the cause. It is true, it is alleged that the venue was changed from Tallahatchie county, but the record contains no legal evidence…
1Opinion of the Court
HaNdt, J.:
This was an indictment found in the Tallahatchie circuit court, against the plaintiff in error, for murder. At the instance of the accused, the venue was changed to Yalobusha circuit court, where *837be was tried, and found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, and judgment rendered. The case was thereupon brought to this court and the judgment reversed, and a new trial awarded. Upon this trial a verdict was again found against the plaintiif in error, of guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, and judgment rendered thereon. To this judgment, the present writ of error is…
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