Wilson v. State

• Decision Date: 23 December 1940
• Docket Number: 34230.
• Citation: 199 So. 270
• Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
• Parties: WILSON v. STATE.

199 So. 270

WILSON v. STATE.

No. 34230.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, In Banc.

December 23, 1940

Appeal from Circuit Court, Alcorn County; Claude F. Clayton, Judge.

" Not to be reported in State Reports."

Hiawatha (Watt) Wilson was convicted for perjury, and he appeals.

Reversed, and defendant discharged.

Cary Stovall, of Corinth, for appellant.

Greek L. Rice, Atty. Gen., by W. D. Conn, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

McGOWEN, Justice.

The evidence was wholly insufficient to sustain the conviction of appellant of the crime of perjury. See Cothran v. State, 39 Miss. 541; Whittle v. State, 79 Miss. 327, 30 So. 722; Saucier v. State, 95 Miss. 226, 48 So. 840, 21 Ann.Cas. 1155; Johnson v. State, 122 Miss. 16, 84 So. 140. The State did not meet the burden placed upon it on the trial of the appellant for the crime of perjury.

Reversed and appellant discharged.