Mississippi Supreme Court, 1886

Walton v. State

Walton v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided October 15, 1886 · Cooper
64 Miss. 207

Walton v. State

Opinion of the Court

Cooper, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The motion to quash the indictment should have been sustained. The words spoken constituted the gist of the offense, and should have been set out in the indictment. 3 Bishop on Cr. Proc. 123; 1 Wharton on Cr. L. 351; Steuer v. The State, 59 Wis. 472.

Judgment reversed and indictment quashed.

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