Russell v. State

Appellant Tommie Russell was convicted in the Circuit Court of Copiah County of the unlawful possession of heer in a county which by a local option election had theretofore prohibited the transportation, storage, sale, distribution, receipt and/or manufacture of same, in alleged violation of Miss. Laws 1956, Chapter 252. The question is whether the 1956 Act applies to counties which by a local option election held prior to the 1956 Act have prohibited the transportation, etc. of beer, but not its possession for personal consumption, and which have not had an election under the 1956 Act. We…