71 Miss. 471
Decided October 15, 1893
Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1893-10-15
From the circuit court of the first district of Coahoma •county. Hon. B. W. Williamson, Judge. Appellant was indicted for the murder of Will Butts, the indictment being by a single count in the usual form.
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently November 1929
2 state decisions
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Decided 1893-10-15
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¶1delivered the opinion of the court.
¶2See Moore v. State, 59 Miss., 25, and Scott v. State, 60 Ib., 268.
¶3Reversed, judgment arrested and accused held for the action of the grand jury, as he is liable to indictment under § 969, code 1892, not having been tried or in jeopardy for that.