Legal Opinion
Clyde Harvey v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1965No. 22005PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge:
On July 10, 1964, Clyde Harvey, a Negro farmer living nine or ten miles from Corinth, Mississippi, was stopped on the way home from town and arrested without a warrant, taken to jail and charged with “possession of whiskey.” This is a misdemeanor under the Mississippi Statute punishable by a fine of up to $500 and up to 90 days in jail. 1
On July 13, Harvey went to the home of the Justice of the Peace. In the language of the Justice the following is what happened:
“I went out in front of my house in the yard. He drove the pick-up, pulled up at my driveway, and I went out on…
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