Jeffries v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
FeoM tbe circuit court of Marshall county.’ IioN. Z. M. Stbpttfws. Judge. Paul Jeffries, tbe appellant, was indicted for murder. Tbe case was once before in tbe supreme court, and tbe decision upon tbe first appeal is reported.
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FeoM tbe circuit court of Marshall county.’ IioN. Z. M. Stbpttfws. Judge. Paul Jeffries, tbe appellant, was indicted for murder. Tbe case was once before in tbe supreme court, and tbe decision upon tbe first appeal is reported. Jeffries v. Staie, 74 Miss., 675. Subsequent to the remand of tbe case to the court below appellant was, after two mistrials, tried and convicted, tbe. jury fixing the punishment to be imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for life, and lie appealed therefrom to the supreme court. Tbe facts as developed on the last trial, in so- far as concerns the questions decided, are…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhooN, J.
Appellant was convicted on a charge of the murder of Den-ton W. Odell. On the trial, Mrs. Grace Odell, the widow of the slain man and the sister of the slayer, was a witness for the defendant. She and two negro women were the .only witnesses at the actual scene of the conflict, which resulted in the death of Odell and the almost fatal wounding of Jeffries. On cross-examination by the state’s attorney she was asked whether, in a conversation with Mrs. Josie Mauldin the day after the killing, she had not, after picking up a Bible and opening it, said: “Here is the chapter Denton read last…
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