Brown v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Noxubee county. Hon. G. B. Huddleston, Judge. This was a prosecution of appellant for the unlawful sale of intoxicating, liquors, and was begun by affidavit made before the mayor of Shuqualak, acting as ex officio a justice of the peace, who, upon conviction of the accused, sentenced him to imprisonment for ninety days and the payment of a fine of three hundred dollars.
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From the circuit court of Noxubee county. Hon. G. B. Huddleston, Judge. This was a prosecution of appellant for the unlawful sale of intoxicating, liquors, and was begun by affidavit made before the mayor of Shuqualak, acting as ex officio a justice of the peace, who, upon conviction of the accused, sentenced him to imprisonment for ninety days and the payment of a fine of three hundred dollars. On the appeal of the accused, a trial de novo was had in the circuit court, which also resulted in his conviction, and he was sentenced to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars and costs. In the circuit…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
The appellant was charged, by affidavit before John L. Floore, mayor of the town of Shuqualak, with unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors. He was tried and convicted, and appealed to the circuit court. In the circuit court he filed his motion to quash the affidavit made against him, on the ground that the lower court was without jurisdiction because said mayor and ex officio justice of the peace had never qualified as a justice of the peace by entering into bond in the sum of $2,000 as such justice. Elective justices of the peace are required to give bond. But neither the statute nor any…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Buckley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
- Woods v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1890
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