Johnston v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error from the circuit court of Hinds county; Hon. John H. Rollins, judge. This was an indictment found by the grand jury of Hinds county, against Peter G. Johnston.
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Error from the circuit court of Hinds county; Hon. John H. Rollins, judge. This was an indictment found by the grand jury of Hinds county, against Peter G. Johnston. The charge contained in the indictment was in these words, to wit: “ That Peter G. Johnston, late of the county of Hinds aforesaid, laborer, on the thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, in the county aforesaid, did play at a game at cards for money, contrary to the form of the statute.” The jury found the defendant guilty, and he was fined by the court twenty dollars. The bill…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thacher
The plaintiff in error was indicted in the Hinds county circuit court, under the act of 1839, ch. 26, entitled “ an act further to suppress and discourage gaming.” A verdict of guilty was rendered upon the indictment.
The first point made in the case was considered and decided by this court in the case of Thomas Dowling v. The State, 5 S. & M. 664. This point had reference to the mode in which the grand jury were empanelled, and was determined unfavorably to the position assumed by the plaintiff in error in this case.
Another point in this case is made as to the sufficiency of the indictment.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dowling v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
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