GIBBS v. STATE

No. 39247.

223 Miss. 1 (1955)

77 So.2d 705

GIBBS v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sims & Sims, Columbus, for appellant.

Wm. E. Cresswell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, J.

Newman Gibbs, the appellant, was jointly indicted with Xerxie Taylor and Melvin Pickle for the murder of one Laughton Pounders. Severance was granted and Taylor was first tried and convicted of manslaughter. Then Gibbs was tried and convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals.

Pounders was killed in or near the road that runs in front of a "honky-tonk" operated by George Sisk in the eastern part of Monroe...

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