Albrecht v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. T. J. Wharton, Judge. This action was brought on the 1st of October, 1883, in the name of the State, upon the information of K. D. Chandler against J. W. A^recht and his sureties, upon his bond as a licensed retailer of vinous and spirituous liquors in the city of Jackson, Hinds County, to recover the penalty of such bond on the ground, as alleged, that Albrecht had violated the conditions thereof by keeping open his bar…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. T. J. Wharton, Judge. This action was brought on the 1st of October, 1883, in the name of the State, upon the information of K. D. Chandler against J. W. A^recht and his sureties, upon his bond as a licensed retailer of vinous and spirituous liquors in the city of Jackson, Hinds County, to recover the penalty of such bond on the ground, as alleged, that Albrecht had violated the conditions thereof by keeping open his bar and selling vinous and spirituous liquors on Sunday, the 1st day of July, 1883, and on divers other Sundays specified. The…
1Opinion of the CourtArnold, J.
Several of the errors assigned are so connected with others that the consideration of a few of them will dispose of the whole.
It is not perceived that there is any merit in the objection made to the testimony of the witnesses Thomas and Brown, and to the book or record of liquor licenses kept by Thomas as sheriff. The entries in the book were made in the discharge of official duty on the day of the date of the bond sued on, and the book was competent original evidence of the transaction to which it referred. 1 Greenl. Ev., §§ 115-116.
The court properly overruled the motion made by the…
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