CRAIG v. STATE

No. 37564.

208 Miss. 528 (1950)

44 So.2d 860

CRAIG v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, In Banc.

March 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Homer Pittman and S.A. Hall, for appellant.

George H. Ethridge, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Hall, J.

From a penitentiary sentence of five years upon a conviction for assault and battery with intent to kill and murder, appellant seeks a reversal upon four grounds. His first contention is that he was entitled to a peremptory instruction. The evidence discloses that appellant was divorced from his former wife about three years prior to the difficulty here involved; he married another woman about two hours after entry of the divorce decree and is...

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