Brown v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the circuit court of Tishomingo county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Brown, the appellant, was convicted before a justice of the peace for resisting an officer in the discharge of his duty, a Violation of code 1892, § 1222. He appealed to the circuit court, where he objected that the affidavit against him was insufficient.
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Erom the circuit court of Tishomingo county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Brown, the appellant, was convicted before a justice of the peace for resisting an officer in the discharge of his duty, a Violation of code 1892, § 1222. He appealed to the circuit court, where he objected that the affidavit against him was insufficient. The court below permittéd the district attorney (under code 1892, § 1438) to amend tbe affidavit so as to add to tbe charge tbat Brown was drunk in a public place in tbe presence of tbe officer and two or more persons, and tbat tbe officer wbo was resisted sought to…
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Terrain -I.,
delivered the opinion of tbe court.
Tbe appellant was convicted in tbe circuit court of resisting *139an. officer in arresting him while drunk in a public place in the presence of two or more persons. He was drunk in the Thorn Building, a sample room of Leatherwood, situated upon a street of the town of Iuka, and which was entered by glass doors which permitted a look into the interior of the building from the street. Brown was in this building, and was acting to the annoyance of the owner, who, in consequence of his misconduct, sent for the town marshal, Schruggs, who found the…
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