Davenport v. State

109 So. 707, 144 Miss. 273, 1926 Miss. LEXIS 350
Mississippi Supreme Court·Decided October 4, 1926·No. No. 25789.·Published·Cited by 7 cases

Opinion

* Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Criminal Law, 16CJ, p. 935, n. 68 New. The evidence is wholly insufficient to sustain the verdict of guilty; consequently the peremptory instruction asked by the appellant should have been granted.

The verdict of the court below will be reversed, and the appellant discharged.

Reversed. *Page 277

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