Kraner v. State

Citations

• 61 Miss. 158

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Procedure. Witness. Trial.</p> <p>At a trial for murder the court may direct the jury to retire until the testimony of a witness is heard by the judge and its competency determined.</p> <p>2. Evidence. Res gestee. Homicide.</p> <p>Declarations of a wounded combatant descriptive of the fight are inadmissible after his death, at the trial of his slayer, if made several minutes after the latter left the scene of conflict.</p>