Rhodes v. State

WALKER, Justice,

for the court:

The appellant was convicted of assault and battery pursuant to an affidavit filed in the County Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, sentenced to six months in the county jail, and fined $500. That conviction was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Jackson County.

*908On appeal to this Court, the appellant argues that the cause should be reversed on the ground that the County Court did not have jurisdiction to try appellant, because the justice of the peace court in Beat 5 of Jackson County had first acquired jurisdiction of the alleged crime, and the cause was still…