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Haggett v. StateHaggett v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court
Mar 15, 1911
Reporters:
,
Before:
Smith
Smith, J.,

delivered the opinion of the ‍​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‍court.

The testimony of the witness Ammons is not in conflict with the ‍​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‍evidence of the two physicians, and from the evidence of these physicians ‍​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‍it is manifest that appellant was too ill to be present at ‍​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‍her trial, and consequently the motion for a continuance should have been ‍​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‍sustained. Corbin v. State, 55 South. 43.

Reversed and remanded.

Case Details

Case Name: Haggett v. State
Court Name: Mississippi Supreme Court
Date Published: Mar 15, 1911
Citations: 56 So. 172; 99 Miss. 844
Court Abbreviation: Miss.
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