Thomas v. Yazoo City
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Yazoo county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Thomas, appellant, was tried and convicted in the municipal court of Yazoo City for selling intoxicating liquors in violation of a city ordinance prohibiting such sales, and appealed to the circuit court. He was again tried and convicted in the circuit court and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion sufficiently states the facts.
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From tbe circuit court of Yazoo county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Thomas, appellant, was tried and convicted in the municipal court of Yazoo City for selling intoxicating liquors in violation of a city ordinance prohibiting such sales, and appealed to the circuit court. He was again tried and convicted in the circuit court and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion sufficiently states the facts. Code 1906, § 1762, referred to in the briefs of counsel and in the opinion of the court, is as follows: “On the trial of all prosecutions for the violation of law by the sale or giving away of…
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, T.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This appellant was charged in the mayor’s court of Yazoo City with the unlawful sale of whiskey, and, being there convicted, appealed to the circuit court. On the trial in the circuit court the city not only proved the same sale relied on in the mayor’s court, but an additional sale, made some six months previously. The court declined to compel the city to elect one of these sales upon which to stand, and charged the jury that, if either sale had been proven, then the jury was authorized to convict. *402Several objections were then made to the…
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- Telheard v. City of Bay St. LouisMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
- Hudson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1896
- City of Corinth v. CrittendenMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Booze v. Yazoo CityMississippi Supreme Court · 1909
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