Brantley v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Chickasaw county.. Hon. H. K. Mahon, Judge. Will Brantley was convicted of acting as agent of the purchaser in the unlawful sale of intoxicants and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. As far as I have been able to discover, after exhausting every resource at my command and making a very exhaustive search, there is no authority of this court •directly in point.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Chickasaw county.. Hon. H. K. Mahon, Judge. Will Brantley was convicted of acting as agent of the purchaser in the unlawful sale of intoxicants and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. As far as I have been able to discover, after exhausting every resource at my command and making a very exhaustive search, there is no authority of this court •directly in point. Only one case has been found where .a party who acted for the officers as spy, agent, or detective in ferreting out crime was prosecuted for participation therein. That case…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is an appeal from a conviction for acting as agent or assistant of the purchaser in the unlawful purchase of intoxicating liquor. A Mr. Sykes gave to appellant three dollars, and requested him to purchase for him (Sykes) some whisky. This appellant did, purchasing the whisky from a woman named Smith, and delivering it to Sykes. The testimony for appellant was to the effect that he had been requested by a deputy sheriff to assist him in ferreting out “blind tigers,” and particularly to assist him in obtaining evidence that Mrs. Smth was engaged in the unlawful sale of liquor; that after…
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