Nelson v. State

Citations

• 47 Miss. 621

Syllabus

<p>1. Perjury — immateriality of the false statement. — Penury cannot be predicated of immaterial statements made by defendant as a witness.</p> <p>2. Criminal procedure. — There is no such thing known to criminal practice as a demurrer to evidence. There are only two modes of conviction for crime, viz.: by pleading guilty, and being found so by the verdict of a jury.</p> <p>3. Trial by jury. — General maxims and principles of trial by jury stated and discussed.</p> <p>4. Case at bar. — It is error to allow the jury, in a case of felony, to disperse, or to discharge them without cause $ and it is also error for the court, in such case, to pronounce the verdict.</p>