Riley v. State

Citations

• 107 Miss. 600
• 65 So. 882

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law. Admissions. Acquiescence Toy silence.</p> <p>Where accused was imprisoned with his wife, who had been convicted of murder, evidence that his wife had been overheard to say to him that he had forced her to kill deceased and to take the responsibility, was not admissible on the ground that he did not deny her statement, but was silent, since under the circumstances of this case a normal man would probably have remained silent.</p>