Mississippi Supreme Court· 3/15/1907
Davis v. State
Citations
- 90 Miss. 56
- 43 So. 81
Syllabus
<p>Criminal Law and Procedure. Evidence. Best evidence.</p> <p>In a trial for perjury, charged to have been committed before a justice of the peace court in the trial of one charged with crime, it is incompetent to prove by the justice of the peace the contents of the affidavit on which the prosecution before him was based; the record being the best evidence.</p>
Judges: Calhoon
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