Bufkin v. State

The appellant, D. P. Bufkin, was charged by affidavit in the justice court of district No. 2, of Forrest county, with having* intoxicating liquor in his possession. The affidavit charged before amendment, that defendant “did violate the law by having' intoxicating liquor in his possession against the peace and dignity of the state of Mississippi.” Before the trial, and over the objection of the defendant, the justice of the peace permitted an amendment to the affidavit so as to charge that the defendant “did violate the law by having more than one quart intoxicating liquor in his possession,…