Ivy v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of, first district, Chickasaw county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Ivy, the appellant, and others were jointly indicted for the murder of one William McQuiston. TJpon a severance appellant was separately tried, convicted and sentenced to be banged, from which conviction and sentence he appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the facts to insure a comprehension of the question decided.
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From the circuit court of, first district, Chickasaw county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Ivy, the appellant, and others were jointly indicted for the murder of one William McQuiston. TJpon a severance appellant was separately tried, convicted and sentenced to be banged, from which conviction and sentence he appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the facts to insure a comprehension of the question decided. I he first instruction given for the state, mentioned in the opinion of the court, is as follows: “The court instructs the jury that…
1Opinion of the CourtWbjteield, C. J.
When Becky Deering was recalled, the district attorney was allowed to ask her, over the objection of counsel for defendant, how many children she had in all (not simply how many she had by defendant), and their ages, and who was the father of her children — all of them. The court had first excluded this testimony, but unfortunately let it in later. So, also, the state was allowed to ask the witness Julia Gladney what the children of Becky Deering (all of them) called defendant, to which she answered, “Pappy;” and the state was further allowed to ask Mary Chandler, “Whose children are those of…
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