Allen v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. A. Henry, Judge. Lula Allen was convicted in the circuit court oh an appeal from a conviction in the police justice court of the city of Jackson for a violation of a city ordinance and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. A. Henry, Judge. Lula Allen was convicted in the circuit court oh an appeal from a conviction in the police justice court of the city of Jackson for a violation of a city ordinance and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. This case should be reversed because the transcript of the record (from the city police court) is certified to by A. P. Lusk, clerk, by T. J. Wharton; deputy clerk, and not by the police justice as required by law, and because the evidence fails to make out a case against the defendant. We…
1Opinion of the Court
McLain, 0.
Lula Allen was convicted in the police justice court of the city of Jackson, for an alleged violation of the ordinances of the city of Jackson, for keeping for sale intoxicating liquors. From this judgment she appealed to the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county, Miss. At the June term, 1910, of said court, she was tried, convicted, and sentenced, and from this judgment she appeals to this court.
At the trial in the circuit court she offered no witnesses in- her behalf; but, when the state had rested its case, she moved “the court to exclude the evidence of the city of…
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