Watkins v. Navarrette

RODGERS, Justice.

The appellant filed an original bill in the Chancery Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, seeking an injunction, temporary and permanent, against Benjamin B. Navarrette, the sheriff of that county. The complainant, appellant here, alleged that he was arrested on a charge of selling beer at 12:55 o’clock A.M. on the 28th of December, 1968.

The complainant averred that the sheriff had publicly stated “that he will cause the repeated arrest and prosecution of complainant if complainant continues to sell light wines and beers and alcoholic beverages between the hours of midnight…