Minter v. City of Jackson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. A. Henry, Judge. Jennie Minter was convicted of keeping liquor for sale and appeals. This is an appeal from a conviction of keeping liquor for sale. The appellant was prosecuted in the police court of the city of Jackson under an ordinance making criminal laws not amounting to a felony offenses against the city. From a conviction she appealed to the circuit court, where she was again convicted.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. A. Henry, Judge. Jennie Minter was convicted of keeping liquor for sale and appeals. This is an appeal from a conviction of keeping liquor for sale. The appellant was prosecuted in the police court of the city of Jackson under an ordinance making criminal laws not amounting to a felony offenses against the city. From a conviction she appealed to the circuit court, where she was again convicted. The opinion state the facts. On the trial of the circuit court, the following instructions were given: FOR THE CITY. (1) “The court instructs the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mayes, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. .
Appellant was prosecuted by the city of Jackson for keeping vinous, spirituous, malt, and intoxicating liquors for sale, in violation of an ordinance framed under chapter 115 of the acts of 1908 amending section 1749 of the Code of 1906. The proof consists in the fact that appellant is shown to have received a cask containing seventy-two quarts of beer a day or two prior to the time a “raid” was made on her house by the police authorities of the city of Jackson. When the police authorities raided appellant’s house, they found about thirty-six…
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