Legal Opinion

Thomas v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 17, 1964No. 42987Published

1Opinion of the Court

252 Miss. 527 (1964)

160 So.2d 657

THOMAS

v.

STATE

No. 42987.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 17, 1964.

Carsie A. Hall, Jack H. Young, R. Jess Brown, Jackson; Jack Greenberg, Leroy D. Clark, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Attorney General, Jack A. Travis, Robert G. Nichols, Jr., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, J.

An affidavit was lodged with the City Police Court of Jackson, Mississippi, charging defendant Henry J. Thomas with disorderly conduct. The exofficio Justice of the Peace tried defendant and found him "guilty." He appealed to the Hinds County Court. The case was tried…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Whitney v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1927

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