GOLDEN v. STATE

No. 39624.

223 Miss. 649 (1955)

78 So.2d 788

GOLDEN v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robertson Horton, Winona; King & King, Durant, for appellant.

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


ROBERDS, P.J.

Golden was convicted of assault and battery upon Jessie May Golden, his wife, with intent to kill her, and sentenced to the state penitentiary for ten years. On this appeal he says, first, the conviction was against the great weight of the evidence, and, second, that the trial judge granted to the State an erroneous instruction. He urges reversal and remand of the case for another trial.

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