House v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Marshall circuit court. Clayton, J. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the facts of the case. Insisted that the Eev. Code, 197, regulating the grant of license to retail, and which requires the applicant to be recommended by a majority of the legal voters of the town, city, or police beat, as a suitable person, &c., does not apply to this case.
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Error to Marshall circuit court. Clayton, J. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the facts of the case. Insisted that the Eev. Code, 197, regulating the grant of license to retail, and which requires the applicant to be recommended by a majority of the legal voters of the town, city, or police beat, as a suitable person, &c., does not apply to this case. That this general act has been repealed by a subsequent act, at least in its application to Holly Springs. The act of November 19th, 1857, amendatory of the several acts incorporating the city of Holly Springs, repeals…
1Opinion of the Court
Shackelford, C. J.:
The plaintiff in error was tried upon- an indictment for selling vinous and spirituous liquors in a less quantity than one gallon (not being a druggist, and without license therefor) within the limits of the corporation of the city of Holly Springs, found guilty,-and sentenced by the court. Motion for a new trial overruled, and exceptions taken to ■ the ruling, and allowed by the court.
This writ of error is prosecuted-to reverse this judgment.
There was an exception taken .to the ruling of the court, in granting the only instruction offered by the state, which is made the…
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