Buchanan v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of, first district, Chickasaw county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Buchanan, the appellant, was indicted for the murder of one Dehay, tried and convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years, and appealed to the supreme court.
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
Yery many assignments of error are presented to the court. Some of them do not appear in the record. Others are in reference to the action of the court in drawing the special venire. As it is firmly fixed that the laws in this regard are simply directory, and as it is not contended that he was not tried by a fair and impartial jury, we cannot see that any harm was done the appellant.
The assignment most strongly relied on is that the proof is not sufficient to sustain a conviction of manslaughter. It is earnestly contended that the verdict of the jury should be set aside and the case reversed…
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