Carter v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. Frank E. Larkin, Judge. Carter, the appellant, was indicted for grand larceny, tried and convicted in the court below, and sentenced to the penitentiary. From the conviction and sentence he appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. Frank E. Larkin, Judge. Carter, the appellant, was indicted for grand larceny, tried and convicted in the court below, and sentenced to the penitentiary. From the conviction and sentence he appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. During the progress of the trial in this case, the jury were allowed to leave the court room, cross a public street, and go to a water closet about one hundred yards from the courthouse, not being accompanied by any sworn officer or bailiff. This is fully established by…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
George Carter was tried and’convicted in the circuit court of Sunflower county of grand larceny, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years. He excepted to several rulings of the court in the admission of testimony and in giving of instructions, but we find no error committed in that behalf. He also moved for a new trial, which was refused. One ground of the motion was that the jury had, during the trial, gone from the court room and into and across the public street to a house or office there situate, and during that time they were not under the supervision of any officer. Upon…
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