Rochelle v. State

The Chancery Court of Marshall County adjudged appellant, Roy Rochelle, guilty of contempt of court by the violation of the court’s decree enjoining him from the sale of intoxicating liquor on certain property, and he was fined $1,000 and sentenced to serve a term of six months in the county jail. On this appeal appellant argues (1) that the injunctive decree, which he was convicted of having violated, did not enjoin him generally from the sale of intoxicating liquor in the state, as is authorized by Code of 1942, Sec. 2646, but only enjoined him from selling liquor on certain described…