HOUSTON v. STATE

No. 42400.

246 Miss. 77 (1963)

149 So.2d 331

HOUSTON v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 4, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ethridge & Grisham, Oxford, for appellant.

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


McELORY, J.

The appellant was indicted by the Grand Jury of Lafayette County, Mississippi for the murder of Mathis Jones. She was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve eleven years in the state penitentiary.

Several assignments of error were filed. The Court will consider these two: First, the court erred in admitting into evidence as a dying declaration a statement made by Mathis Jones, the deceased, to the witness, Boyce Bratton, Sheriff of...

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