Case Name: Chase v. State
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1927-05-09
Citations: 147 Miss. 694
Docket Number: No. 25989
Parties: Chase v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 147
Pages: 694–695

Head Matter:
Chase v. State.
(Division A.
May 9, 1927.
Suggestion of Error Overruled June 6, 1927.)
[112 So. 785.
No. 25989.]
E. C. Sharp, for appellant.
J. A. Lauderdale, Assistant Attorney-General, for the state.
Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Criminal Law, 17CJ, p. 212, n. 18; Homicide, 30CJ, p. 270, n. 84; p. 310, n. 25; As to right of jury to determine existence of facts essential to the admissibility of dying declarations, see Annotation in 56 L. R. A. 445; 16 L. R. A. (N. S.) 660; 52 L. R. A. (N. S.) 152; 1 R. C. L. 547; 1 R. C. L. Supp. 194.

Opinion:
Smith, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The credibility of, and the weight to be given to, the dying declaration were for the jury, and the evidence warrants the verdict.
The other assignments of error, not being argued, are waived.
Affirmed,.