Board of Supervisors v. Wright

Citations

• 111 Miss. 790
• 72 So. 226

Syllabus

<p>Rewards. Arrests of murderer. Rights. Fleeing from, justice.</p> <p>Under Code 1906, section 1549, and Laws 1910, chapter 187, providing for a reward for those arresting a fleeing homicide a party is not entitled to such reward where he arrested an alleged murderer, who after fleeing the state, had returned for the purpose of consulting an attorney and standing trial and at the time of his arrest was not concealing himself from the public, or from the officers of the law, nor attempting to avoid arrest.</p>