Moody v. State

From tbe Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before tbe Hon. Louis Wyeth. The indictment in this case charged the defendant with retailing spirituous liquors without a license. At the trial, as the judgment-entry recites, “ comes also the defendant, in his own proper person, who, upon hearing the indictment read, pleads, in short by consent, former acquittal, and not guilty; upon which pleas issue is joined by the State, and both pleas are submitted to the jury at the same time.” Thereupon came a jury, &c., who returned a verdict of guilty, but did not pass on the other plea; and the court…