Chrisman v. City of Jackson
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of, first district, ITinds county. Hon. David M. Miller, Judge. Affidavit was made in the police justice’s court of the city of Jackson against appellant, Chrisman, for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor. He was tried and convicted, and appealed to the circuit court.
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From the circuit court of, first district, ITinds county. Hon. David M. Miller, Judge. Affidavit was made in the police justice’s court of the city of Jackson against appellant, Chrisman, for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor. He was tried and convicted, and appealed to the circuit court. On the trial in the circuit court the mayor of the city of Jackson was introduced as a witness, and testified that, under the provisions of an ordinance directing him to do so, he compiled the existing city ordinances, in 1900, which were codified in pursuance of § 3010, Code 1892. This compilation was…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
The ordinance on which this prosecution is based was properly proven on the trial. The record shows that the district attorney introduced ch. 261, p. 304, of the Acts of 1860, being a legislative amendment of the charter of the city of Jackson. A reading of that act discloses that the fourth section thereof provides that “all offenses against the criminal laws of this state occurring within the limits of said corporation, not amounting to a felony, shall be deemed violations of the ordinances of the city of Jackson and punishable as such.” This was a part of the fundamental law of the city,…
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