Botto v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
irror to Warren circuit court. BaRNEtt, J. The opinion contains the facts of the case. Cited Hutch. Code, 271, § 4; ib., 270, § 2; Legori v. State, 8 S. & M., 697.
1Opinion of the Court
Fisher, J.:. The defendant below was convicted at the May term, 1858, of the circuit court of Warren county, of retailing spirituous liquors in less quantity than one gallon without a license.
The indictment charges, in general terms, that the retailing was in the county of Warren. The proof shows, that it was on a wharf-boat, in the city of Vicksburg.
Upon this evidence, the jury founded a verdict of guilty, and the court pronounced judgment.
It is true that evidence was introduced on the trial showing that Vicksburg was in the county of Warren. But this, coupled with other evidence, was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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