Moore v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Yalobusha county. Niles, J. The opinion of the court contains a full statement of the case.
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Error to the circuit court of Yalobusha county. Niles, J. The opinion of the court contains a full statement of the case. Filed an elaborate brief in this case, in which they make the following points: 1. That the constitution of this state, prohibiting lotteries, was adopted after the legislature of the state had granted the lottery franchise to the “ Mississippi Agricultural, Educational and Manufacturing Aid Society,” and when there was no existing constitutional prohibition of lotteries; that the act of the legislature, imposing penalties for carrying on lotteries, was passed after this…
1Opinion of the Court
Peyton, C. J.:
At the September term, 1872, of the circuit court of Yalobusha county, Henry H. Moore was indicted for selling, on the 16th day of September, 1872, a lottery ticket, to be drawn in a lottery and gift enterprise within this state.
To this indictment the defendant pleaded, that in issuing the ticket mentioned and specified in the indictment, he was acting as the agent of the Mississippi Agricultural, Educational and Manufacturing Aid Society, a body politic and corporate, which was duly incorporated by an act of the legislature of the state of Mississippi, approved February 16th,…
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