BURR v. STATE

No. 41243.

237 Miss. 338 (1959)

114 So.2d 764

BURR v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.L. Lucas, Columbus, for appellant.

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


McGEHEE, C.J.

The appellant Varna T. Burr was indicted for the murder of her nine year old son by a former marriage, George Earl Waterford, and was convicted of manslaughter in Lowndes County, and sentenced to serve a term of 18 years in the state penitentiary.

The proof disclosed that the death of the child was due to a beating administered by the appellant due to the fact that this boy came home from school with...

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