Ferguson v. State ex rel. Biggers

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of Pontotoc County, which held that B. C. Ferguson was in criminal contempt of court for willfully violating the terms of a prior decree enjoining him from violating the state prohibition laws upon certain described premises. Miss.Code 1942 Ann. § 2646 (1956). The trial court ordered him to pay a fine of $2,000, by forfeiture of a bond previously entered into with two sureties (also appellants), and to serve a ninety-day term in the county jail.

Pontotoc County has elected to remain under the prohibition laws of the state. The…