Bailey v. State

Bud Bailey, defendant in the court below, appellant here, was tried and convicted before a justice of the peace of Jones county, Miss., of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor, on an affidavit, the material part of which is as follows: “That Bud Bailey, on or about November 5, 1925,” etc. The testimony showed that the state offered proof of the sale of whisky by defendant about seven thirty on the night of November 5, 1925. At about eleven o'clock that night, the prosecuting witness, in company with others, bought another quart of whisky for four dollars. Defendant objected to proof of more…