Branning v. State

Appellant was convicted of the unlawful possession of a narcotic, to-wit, five tablets of morphine, in violation of Sections 6846 and 6855, Miss. Code 1942, and sentenced to serve three years in the state penitentiary.

The only contention made upon this appeal is that his arrest was unlawful and that the evidence of such possession, obtained after arrest, was inadmissible. The question arises under this state of facts:

In June, 1951, the sheriff of Noxubee County, Mississippi, appeared in the City of Columbus, Lowndes County, said state; contacted Mr. Vickers, the chief of police of said city,…