Mabry v. State
Mabry v. State
Opinion of the Court
The appellants, who are brothers and both- young Negroes, were jointly indicted, tried and convicted of an assault and battery with intent to kill and murder A. G. Willoughby with two alleged deadly weapons, one being an iron wrench in the hands of Willie Mabry and the other being an iron pipe in the hands of Oscar Mabry, and they were each sentenced to serve a term of five years' in the state penitentiary. The beginning of the trouble started when the two Negro boys, traveling in a pickup truck, passed an automobile driven by Willoughby’s son, and in which Willoughby was riding, at a point about one and one-half miles from the Town of Isola. Willoughby testified that they passed so close as to crowd his car into a ditch, but his son, who was driving the car, testified that the car was crowded onto the shoulder of the road. The truck proceeded into the business section of Isola and parked in front of a poolroom. The Willoughby car followed it and parked across the street. Willoughby got out and went across the street and was writing down the tag number of the truck. Both of the boys got out of the cab of the truck while Willoughby was at the rear. Who started the trouble was a disputed question. Willoughby testified that Willie Mabry struck
The appellants contend that under the proof they should not have been convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill and murder, but at most they were guilty only of a simple assault and battery, and we think this contention is well-taken. The facts shown here do not substantiate the charge that there was any intent to kill and murder Willoughby. See Jack Lee, Alias Jack Lee Kizziah v. State, 83 So. 2d 818, not yet reported in the State Reports; Gray v. State, 220 Miss. 220, 70 So. 2d 524; Nichols v. State, 198 Miss. 821, 24 So. 2d 14; Griffen v. State, 196 Miss. 528, 18 So. 2d 437.
The judgment of conviction and sentence is reversed and the cause is remanded for a proper sentence for conviction of simple assault and battery.
Reversed and remanded.
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- 1. Homicide — assault and battery with intent to kill and murder — evidence — supported conviction of simple assault. In prosecution of two brothers jointly indicted for assault and battery with intent to kill and murder person who did not claim to have been struck more than once, by small wrench, and whose injuries were not serious, evidence did not sustain charge of intent to kill and murder, and would not support conviction of more than simple assault and battery. Headnote as approved by Hall, J.