State v. Kirby
Mississippi Supreme Court
KeoM the decision of Hoe. G-.GaelaNd Lyele, Chancellor, on habeas corpus, liberating Kirby, appellee, from confinement in the jail of Lawrence county. The state appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the ■court. [The briefs of counsel were withdrawn or lost from the record when it reached the reporter, hence no synopses of them is given.]
1Opinion of the Court
Mayes, L,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Kirby was convicted of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors by the circuit court of Lawrence county, and sentenced to serve three months’ imprisonment in the county jail and to pay a fine of $500. He served one month of his sentence of imprisonment, but paid no part of the fine. After serving one month, he made application to the board of supervisors to disr charge him, under section 3, c. 109, of the Laws of 1908. The *630application in all respects complied with tlie requirements of tlie section, and tlie board ordered bis release. Afterwards tbe…
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