Jones v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Yalabusha county. Hon. J. B. Eckles, Judge. Luther Jones was convicted of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Yalabusha county. Hon. J. B. Eckles, Judge. Luther Jones was convicted of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. In his argument for the state, the distinguished district attorney simply submits to the court the proposition of whether or not the court will hold a loan of liquor to be violation of the law against selling liquor, without making any recommendation or argument whatever, simply mentioning that some states have held that a loan violated the law against a sale, and reminding the…
1Opinion of the CourtNeed, J.
Appellant was tried and convicted on an indictment ■charging him with the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors. The testimony of the sole witness for the state showed that he purchased from appellant a pint of whisky and paid money therefor. The evidence for the defense showed that appellant refused to sell the whisky, but loaned to the witness, about a half pint of some whisky which he had left over from Christmas, upon the understanding that the samé amount of whisky would be returned to him.
Appellant assigns 'as error the giving1 of the following instruction for the state:
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