Ball v. State

194 So.2d 502 (1967)

Olen BALL, Defendant-Appellant,

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Plaintiff-Appellee.

No. 44254.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 30, 1967.

Lampkin Butts, Henry S. Davis, Jr., Laurel, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

PATTERSON, Justice:

Olen Ball was indicted for possession of a whiskey distillery and convicted in the Circuit Court for the Second Judicial District of Jones County. His two-year sentence to the state penitentiary was suspended by the trial judge and Ball was placed on probation for three…