Legal Opinion

Buck v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 11, 1929No. 27417Published

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

The appellant was convicted in the court , below for having intoxicating liquor in his possession, and was fined two hundred dollars and given sixty days in jail.

The ease originated in the court of the mayor of the town of Lexington sitting as an ex oficio justice of the peace.

The evidence does not disclose in which supervisor’s district of Holmes county, in which.the town of Lexington is situated, the crime was committed, and the argument seems to be that. therefore the venue was not proven. "Whether the town of Lexington is operating under a special charter, or under the chapter on…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mai v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1928
  2. Gober v. PhillipsMississippi Supreme Court · 1928

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