Collins v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Jones county. Hon. Paul B. Johnson, Judge. Thelma Collins was convicted of the illegal sale of liquors and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The district attorney in his argument referred to the house of the defendant as a low dive where whiskey and beer are kept, where girls stayed and where men visited, and added “You know what the means.”
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Appeal from the circuit court of Jones county. Hon. Paul B. Johnson, Judge. Thelma Collins was convicted of the illegal sale of liquors and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The district attorney in his argument referred to the house of the defendant as a low dive where whiskey and beer are kept, where girls stayed and where men visited, and added “You know what the means.” Means what? That it has any tendency to prove that she sold Charles Jacobson whiskey? He meant for the jury to infer just what he had said, that her home was a low dive, etc., and it was an…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
The appellant was convicted of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, and appeals to this court.
The witness Floyd Holifield, introduced on behalf of appellant, on cross-examination by the district attorney, over the objection of appellant, testified as follows: “Q. She (meaning appellant) keeps some yellow woman with her. Who do you generally see there? I don’t mean the names. Do you see white men, or who do you see down there? A. I don’t remember who all I have seen down there. Q. I don’t mean for you to give me their names. A. I do see white men there. Q. Frequently? A. Not very often.…
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