Opinion ID: 1688754
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Heading: Brown v. State, 83 Miss. 645, 36 So. 73 (1904)

Text: Appellant was convicted of murder. In this case, there were death threats against him at the hands of a mob, and threats of having appellant if they had to blow up the jail with dynamite to get him. 83 Miss. at 646, 36 So. 73. There was testimony of a highly-inflammed state of public feeling at the time of the killing. The most universal expression was that he ought to be hung. Six (6) deputies guarded the defendant by day and sixteen (16) by night. In spite of this, the State had twenty-three (23) witnesses testify that they thought the defendant could get a fair trial. In light of this, this Court stated that it is a mockery to talk of a fair trial. 83 Miss. at 647, 36 So. 73.