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JONES v. STATE

No. 40140.

228 Miss. 296 (1956)

87 So.2d 573

JONES v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.W. Pierce, Jackson, for appellant.

J.R. Griffin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, J.

Upon conflicting testimony, the jury found appellant guilty of murder. The punishment was life imprisonment.

Appellant had some difficulty with the deceased some five years before the homicide. On Friday night before his death on Sunday night, Yates, the deceased, visited the Aragon, a night club operated by appellant and Louise Edwards, and to the rear of which appellant and Louise Edwards lived. On...

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