Martin v. City of Laurel
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Jones county. HoN. Paul B. JohNsok, Judge. ■ Grant Martin was convicted under an affidavit charging that he unlawfully resisted an officer by striking him, etc., and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The'record in this case is lost.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
Appellant was convicted in the mayor’s court, and af-terwards on. appeal to the circuit court, upon an affidavit charging that he ‘-‘did unlawfully resist an officer in the discharge of his official duty by throwing and striking affiant, a policeman, and refusing to submit to arrest. ’ ’ *358At the close of the evidence for the state, the court overruled a motion made by him to exclude the evidence, and after verdict it overruled another motion made by him in arrest of judgment. The ground of these two motions is that the affidavit charged no offense known to the law. This affidavit was evidently…
2Cited by6 opinions
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- Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1954
- Crawford v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1927
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