Case Name: Tinsley v. State
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1934-10-01
Citations: 171 Miss. 216
Docket Number: No. 31288
Parties: Tinsley v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 171
Pages: 216–217

Head Matter:
Tinsley v. State.
(En Banc.
Oct. 1, 1934.)
[156 So. 598.
No. 31288.]
No briefs filed.

Opinion:
McGowen, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant was tried and convicted of murder in the court below in the hilling of John Henry Harris, and sentenced to be hanged.
An appeal is prosecuted here, but there is no assignment of error or brief on file.
The main evidence in the case is the testimony of the sheriff as to an oral confession made to him by the appellant, and a written stenographic confession made by the appellant to the county attorney. These confessions were shown to have been made freely and voluntarily, and there was no objection thereto. It was revealed by these confessions that the appellant, in the nighttime, lay in wait for John Henry Harris, the deceased, until he came within twelve feet of him, whereupon without warning, or an overt act on the part of Harris, the appellant shot him to death. These confessions make out a case of murder, without excuse or mitigation. Harris was slain because of his illicit relations with Arville John son, wlio was appellant's "woman." The record discloses that the one shot fired by appellant killed another negro by the name of Jones. Appellant's admission and explanation of the killing, on the witness stand, render him gnilty of murder. This cause is affirmed, and Friday, November 2,1934, is fixed as the date for appellant's execution.
Affirmed.