Brown v. State

Citations

• 75 Miss. 842

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Mayor acting as justice of the peace. Bond. Affidavit.</p> <p>The mayor of a municipality is not required to give an additional hond as justice of the peace, and the validity of his acts in the latter capacity are not affected hy the failure to execute such bond.</p> <p>2. Same. Testimony of accused. Contradiction as to immaterial matter.</p> <p>The contradiction of the accused by other witnesses, in respect to an immaterial matter elicited on cross-examination, is not hurtful, and does not constitute reversible error.</p> <p>3. Same. • Credibility of witnesses. Testimony of accused. Instruction.</p> <p>An instruction for the state, upon the credibility of witnesses, that merely puts the accused, who has testified in his own behalf, upon a like footing with other witnesses, is not within the rule condemning charges that suggest the falsity of his testimony or authorize the jury to disregard it as unworthy of belief. Buchley v. State, 62 Miss., 705; Woods v. State, 67 lb., 575, distinguished.</p>