Mississippi Supreme Court, 1908

Irving v. State

Irving v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided March 15, 1908 · Fletcher, Took, Whitfield
92 Miss. 662; 47 So. 518

Irving v. State

Opinion of the Court

Whitfield, C. J.,

delivered the opinion, of the court.

It was fatal error to admit the statements said to have been made by appellant’s mother out of the appellant’s presence to Weeks, one of the searching party, to the effect that defendant came to her house about one o’clock on the night in question. We are not'prepared to say that it is affirmatively shown with the clearness required in criminal cases that this statement was *666heard by the appellant. We do not think this can be safely affirmed on this record; wherefore the error is fatal.

It is to be specially noted that the appellant did not himself state at what time he came home, and time was the one vital thing involved. We decide no other error assigned at this time.

Reversed and remanded.

Fletcher, J., took no part in the decision of this case.

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