Wilson v. State

Citations

• 80 Miss. 388

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Indictment Affidavit. Misdemeanor. Technical terms.</p> <p>It is only necessary that misdemeanors be substantially charged, and in charging them the use of technical terms are not essential to a description of the offense.</p> <p>2. Samr. Obstructing justice. Intimidating witness. Code 1892, g 1222.</p> <p>An offense, under code 1892, 1222, making it a misdemeanor to attempt by threats or force to intimidate a witness in the discharge of his duty, is sufficiently charged by an affidavit that the defendants “did willfully and feloniously, there and then, without shadow of law or authority, place affiant under arrest and forced him to-go with them, and at the points of their guns attempted to obstruct a due process of law by threatening his life if he gave testimony against them on a certain charge against them in which he had been summoned as a witness for the state.”</p> <p>3. Same.</p> <p>It is unnecessary in an affidavit charging an attempt to intimidate a witness in the discharge of his duty (under code 1892, § 1222), to aver in what case he was a witness.</p>