Mississippi Supreme Court, 1925

Wallace v. State

Wallace v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided October 19, 1925 · SMITH, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court.
105 So. 520; 140 Miss. 881; 1925 Miss. LEXIS 318 (Southern Reporter)

Wallace v. State

Opinion of the Court

* Headnote 1. Homicide, 30 C.J., Sections 387, 441. The evidence of the witnesses Vafinis and Cornes as to the statement alleged to have been made by the deceased that "four negroes assaulted him" was properly excluded, and the state's instructions complained of were warranted by the evidence.

The judgment of the court below will be affirmed, and the sentence executed on Friday, December 4, 1925.

Affirmed.

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