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1 Miss. Dec. 431

Walker v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 8, 1886

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1886-03-08

Appellant, Walker, was tried and convicted in tbe Circuit Court of Lawrence county of rape and sentenced to tbe penitentiary and appeals.

Reversed and remanded, · Decided 1886-03-08

¶1Opinion.

Campbell, J.,

¶2delivered the opinion of the. court.

¶3Reluctant as we are to set aside the finding of a jury which the presiding judge has refused to disturb, we have, after most careful consideration, felt constrained by the facts of this case, to declare our conviction that the verdict is manifestly wrong, and to reverse the judgment, award a new trial, and remand the case.

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