Mississippi Supreme Court, 1913

Jackson v. State

Jackson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided October 15, 1913 · Cook
105 Miss. 782; 63 So. 269

Jackson v. State

Opinion of the Court

Cook, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

It is probable that this court, sitting as a jury) would have acquitted the defendant upon the evidence; hut, as the jury are the sole judges of the weight of the evidence and the credibility of the witnesses, we are not authorized to disturb the verdict of the jury, where there was evidence, if believed, that justified.the verdict.

Affirmed.

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