Griffin v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Chickasaw county. Hon. W. A. Roane, Judge. Gus Griffin was conyicted of feloniously distilling intox- ' icating liquors, and he appeals. The facts in this case are that this appellant was arrested and carried before the mayor’s court as a witness against Cleve Tucker and others on a charge of making whisky, placed on the stand as a witness, and testified, some claim without being forced to do so, and some that he was compelled to do so.
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Appeal from circuit court of Chickasaw county. Hon. W. A. Roane, Judge. Gus Griffin was conyicted of feloniously distilling intox- ' icating liquors, and he appeals. The facts in this case are that this appellant was arrested and carried before the mayor’s court as a witness against Cleve Tucker and others on a charge of making whisky, placed on the stand as a witness, and testified, some claim without being forced to do so, and some that he was compelled to do so. After he testified in those cases against those parties, his evidence also incriminating him, affidavits were also made against…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Appellant, Gus Griffin, was convicted of feloniously distilling intoxicating liquors and sentenced to the penitentiary, and from this sentence he prosecutes this appeal.
The facts necessary to be stated are substantially as follows : Early one morning an officer in the town of Houston found appellant intoxicated and in possession of a bottle of whisky. He arrested appellant and turned him over to another officer, and then proceeded to a house near by which was occupied by Cleve Tucker and Anna Williams. There he found a quantity of whisky and a complete still which gave evidence of having been…
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