Harris v. State

The appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and appealed to this court, where the judgment against him was reversed. Harris v. State, 155 Miss. 398, 124 So. 493. On the return of the case to the court below, he was convicted of manslaughter, and has again brought the case to this court.

After the reversal of the judgment herein by this court on the former appeal, the appellant filed a plea of former jeopardy, the ground of which is that on the former trial he requested, and should have been granted, an instruction directing the jury to acquit him, and that this court so held on the appeal…