Legal Opinion
Owen v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided December 14, 1936No. 32379PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
The appellants were indicted, tried, and convicted of the murder of Herman Whatley, a human being. Herman Whatley was a bachelor who operated a store some five or six miles west of West Point, in Clay county, Miss., living and sleeping in the store.
On the night of the 27th of December, 1935, some time prior to twelve-thirty o’clock, Whatley was murdered, shot in the head and through the heart with a .22-caliber weapon. Upon a post mortem being held, the course of the bullet was traced through the heart, and found lodged against the spinal column.
About twelve-thirty that night three men had…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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