Dismukes v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Noxubee County. Hon. J. M. Arnold, Judge. E. Dismukes was appointed by the Circuit Court of Noxubee County to defend the accused in two several indictments for murder, they being unable to employ counsel. In compliance with the order of the court, Dismukes represented the defence in the trial of both cases.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Noxubee County. Hon. J. M. Arnold, Judge. E. Dismukes was appointed by the Circuit Court of Noxubee County to defend the accused in two several indictments for murder, they being unable to employ counsel. In compliance with the order of the court, Dismukes represented the defence in the trial of both cases. After the termination of the cases, he made out an account against the county for $400 for his services in those cases, and presented it to the Board of Supervisors. It was disallowed, and he thereupon instituted this action against the board to recover…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The counsel assigned by the court to a person indicted for a capital crime and unable to employ counsel is not entitled to charge for his services and recover their value from the county. The Boat’d of Supervisors could not lawfully allow such a demand. It is prohibited from appropriating the money that *614may come into the treasury of the county to any object not authorized by law, and there is no law authorizing an appropriation to this object.
Judgment affirmed.
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