Walton v. State
Walton v. State
64 Miss. 207
Cases that cite this one
2 later published cases cite this decision.
- Spears v. State (Miss. 1965)
- Williams v. State (Miss. 1922)
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Opinion of the Court
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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