CHESTER v. STATE

No. 38558.

216 Miss. 748 (1953)

63 So.2d 99

22 Adv. S. 1

CHESTER v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 2, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.A. Wiltshire, for appellant.

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


ARRINGTON, J.

The appellant, Henry Chester, was indicted and tried for assault and battery with intent to kill and murder Ernestine Williams. He was convicted, and sentenced to a term of eight years and eight days in the State Penitentiary, from which judgment he appeals.

The evidence on the part of the state shows that the appellant, without cause or provocation, on March 1, 1952, assaulted Ernestine Williams and her daughter by cutting and stabbing them...

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