Sinclair v. State

Citations

• 87 Miss. 330
• 39 So. 522

Syllabus

<p>1. Homicide. Evidence. Uncommunicated threats.</p> <p>Uneommunicated threats made by the deceased against the defendant are admissible in evidence in a prosecution for homicide:</p> <p>(a) Where there is a reasonable doubt as to who was the aggressor in the conflict; and</p> <p>(5) Where they throw light on the significance of the acts of the deceased.</p> <p>2. Same! Reputation. Peace or violence. Discussion of.</p> <p>The testimony of a witness to the effect that he knew the general reputation of the accused for peace, and that it was good, should not be excluded because he subsequently stated that he never heard the reputation of the accused discussed.</p>