Woods v. State

Citations

• 67 Miss. 575

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Code 1880, § 2941. Shooting in highway.</p> <p>Under this statute, which makes it an offense to “shoot in any highway,” an indictment is good which charges the defendant with shooting “ ore' a public highway.”</p> <p>2. Same. Instruction. Discrediting defendant's testimony.</p> <p>Where the defendant in a criminal case is the only witness in his behalf, it is error to give an instruction that the jury should consider the feeling or interest of any witness in connection with all the testimony “in determining how far, if at all, they will believe such witness or consider such testimony.” The defendant is entitled to submit his testimony to the jury uninfluenced by such suggestions from the court. Buckley v. The State, 62 Miss. 705, cited.</p>