McComb City v. Hill
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Pike county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. George Hill was convicted in the city court of McComb of having in his possession intoxicating liquors for the purpose of sale. On appeal to the circuit court, the court peremptorily instructed the jury to acquit the defendant and the city appealed. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The defendant was charged with keeping whiskey for sale.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Pike county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. George Hill was convicted in the city court of McComb of having in his possession intoxicating liquors for the purpose of sale. On appeal to the circuit court, the court peremptorily instructed the jury to acquit the defendant and the city appealed. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The defendant was charged with keeping whiskey for sale. The city marshal testifies that he found him about six o’clock in the morning with a grip containing fifty-seven or eight bottles of whiskey, each wrapped in a…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, C. J.
The appeal in this case is prosecuted by the city of McComb. The record discloses that on the 12th day of November, 1910, one D. A. Brumfield made an affidavit before F. D. Hewitt, police justice of McComb City, charging George Hill with willfully and unlawfully having in his possession one suit ease of whiskey, in the limits of the city, with the intent and purpose of selling same in violation of the ordinances of the city. Hill was placed on trial in the city court, and convicted of the offense charged, and from this conviction prosecuted an appeal to the circuit court, and that court,…
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