Mississippi Supreme Court October 15, 1886 (Lamar v. State)

Campbell, J.,

delivered the opinion' of the court.

The eighth instruction asked by the appellant should have been given. It is true that the seventh given for him announces the principle of law invoked by the eighth, but the eighth is accurate in stating the legal principle as applied to the theory of the defendant, as to the legitimate conclusion to be drawn from the whole evidence, and was not