Smothers v. City of Jackson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the circuit court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Madame Smothers, appellant, was convicted in the police court of Jackson on the charge of unlawfully keeping for sale or barter intoxicating liquors within the city limits, and was fined $100 and costs. She appealed to the circuit court where she was tried and again convicted of the charge, the same fine being imposed; and from such conviction and sentence she appealed to the supreme court.
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Erom the circuit court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Madame Smothers, appellant, was convicted in the police court of Jackson on the charge of unlawfully keeping for sale or barter intoxicating liquors within the city limits, and was fined $100 and costs. She appealed to the circuit court where she was tried and again convicted of the charge, the same fine being imposed; and from such conviction and sentence she appealed to the supreme court. The evidence for the prosecution showed that, as a result of a visit, under search warrant, made upon appellant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, J.
By ordinance of the city of Jackson it is provided that all ■offenses made misdemeanors under the state laws shall constitute offenses against the municipality when committed within its limits. The effect of this ordinance is to incorporate into the city ordinances all laws of the state of Mississippi of the grade of misdemeanors. In the case of Winfield v. City of Jackson, 89 Miss., 272, 42 South., 183, this ordinance was upheld. It is prospective in its operation, and includes, not only the offenses named in the statute at the date of its adoption, but all offenses *330of the grade included…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Winfield v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1906
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