Johnson v. State

Citations

• 106 Miss. 598
• 64 So. 261

Syllabus

<p>1. Jury. Remarles of judge.</p> <p>A defendant charged-with a criminal offense should not be compelled to go to trial before a jury composed of men who at the time they were impaneled, were told by the presiding judge, that persons such as defendant was charged to be, were unworthy of belief and would lie and commit 'perjury, particularly where defendant was the only witness in her own behalf.</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>A presiding judge may speak for law enforcement and against crime, but he should not denounce those accused.</p>