ELLIS v. STATE

No. 40005.

227 Miss. 440 (1956)

86 So.2d 330

ELLIS v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Collins, Ronald Brown, Laurel, for appellant.

John H. Price, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

The appellant, S.L. Ellis, was convicted in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County, of assault and battery with intent to kill and murder Thomas Hinton. There is ample evidence to support the verdict of the jury in finding him guilty as charged.

Complaint is also made of three instructions given the State. The first, although it could have been drawn more clearly, submits to the jury one of the State's theories concerning...

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