McGuire v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to La Fayette circuit court. Thompson, J". M. J. McGuire was indicted in the court below for selling vinous and spirituous liquors in less quantities that five gallons, within five miles of the University of Mississippi, under the Act of 28th February, 1848, Rev. Code, 156, § 4. The first section of this act prohibits the sale of vinous and spirituous liquors in less quantities than five gallons, within five miles of the uniwersity, and contains the following proviso:…
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Error to La Fayette circuit court. Thompson, J". M. J. McGuire was indicted in the court below for selling vinous and spirituous liquors in less quantities that five gallons, within five miles of the University of Mississippi, under the Act of 28th February, 1848, Rev. Code, 156, § 4. The first section of this act prohibits the sale of vinous and spirituous liquors in less quantities than five gallons, within five miles of the uniwersity, and contains the following proviso: “Provided, however, nothing herein. shall be construed to prohibit the sale of vinous and spirituous liquors in less…
1Opinion of the Court
Handy, J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted for unlawfully selling spirituous liquors in less quantity than five gallons, within five miles of the University of Mississippi.
Several bills of exception were taken in the court below, which present the grounds of error here assigned.
The first ground of exception was, that after the jury had been empaneled and sworn, the district attorney objected to one Addington, who had been sworn on the panel, sitting as a juror in the case, because there were then pending in that court several indictments against him for retailing spirituous…
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