Wilson v. State

Citations

• 70 Miss. 595

Syllabus

<p>Indictment. Attorney before grand jury. Improper influence.</p> <p>Where an attorney, who, though not employed to prosecute, goes before the grand jury, and, as a private prosecutor — not a witness — uses his influence in furtherance of a presentment, which is made, the indictment will be held invalid. Durr v. State, 53 JVIiss., 425; Welch v. State, 68 lb., 341.</p>