State v. Jolly
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of the second district of Chickasaw county. Hon. Newnan Cayce, Judge. Judgment for defendant. State appealed. The appeal in this case involves a review of the action of the court below in sustaining appellee’s demurrer to an indictment for perjury.
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From the circuit court of the second district of Chickasaw county. Hon. Newnan Cayce, Judge. Judgment for defendant. State appealed. The appeal in this case involves a review of the action of the court below in sustaining appellee’s demurrer to an indictment for perjury. The indictment sets forth the following; That on the eighteenth of October, 1894, in the second district of Chickasaw county, State of Mississippi, a certain issue was joined between the said state and S. J. Jolly, upon an indictment against him for unlawfully selling vinous and spirituous liquors, in the circuit of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
The indictment was sufficient under § 1362, annotated code ■of 1892.
Judgment is reversed, demurrer overruled and cause remanded for further proceedings.
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