Murphy v. State

The appellant, Carl Murphy, Jr., was indicted for violation of Mississippi Code Annotated section 2613 (1956), Possession of Intoxicating Liquor, for the third time in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Mississippi, at its regular May 1964 term. Pursuant to this indictment he was tried during a day of the regular -May 1964 term. This resulted in a mistrial on May 29, a day of the regular term, whereupon the court announced that the case was again set for trial on Monday, June 8, the date designated by statute for court to convene in Monroe County, which is within the same judicial district as…