Mitchell v. State

The appellant, Charlie M. Mitchell, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Stone County, from which judgment he appeals to this Court.

The prosecution was instituted in the Justice of the Peace Court in Stone County upon an affidavit charging him with the crime of trespass, based on Chapter 246, Laws of 1960.

While the affidavit is inartfully drawn, it sufficiently charges the offense of trespass. We have held that in misdemeanors it is only necessary that the offense be substantially charged. Sowell v. State, 102 Miss. 599, 59 So. 848. Consequently, it follows that the demurrers were properly…