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HIGGENBOTHAM v. STATE

No. 41397.

237 Miss. 841 (1959)

116 So.2d 407

HIGGENBOTHAM v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 14, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morse & Morse, Poplarville, for appellant.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

McGEHEE, C.J.

The appellant, W.J. Higgenbotham, was indicted for assault and battery with intent to kill and murder one Enoch Bourne, was tried and convicted in Jackson County, Mississippi, for simple assault and battery and sentenced to pay the maximum fine of $500. There had been one mistrial of the case, and in the meantime his attorney, Charles Mitchell of the local bar, died. He undertook to defend his case on the last...

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