Dixon v. State

Citations

• 104 Miss. 410
• 61 So. 423

Syllabus

<p>Homicide. Manslaughter. Misdemeanors. Acts malum in se. Malum ■prohibitum. Natural consequences. Questions for jury.</p> <p>Where accused committed an accidental homicide while engaged in the commission of a misdemeanor, which misdemeanor was merely malum prohibitum and not malum in se, he is not guilty of manslaughter unless the death of the deceased was the natural and necessary consequences of his acts and this is a question for the jury.</p>