Page v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Claiborne county. Hon. H. C. Mounger, Judge. Robert Page was convicted of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The instruction asked by the defendant which was refused was drawn along the theory that if defendant had merely ordered the liquor out of the state, as an accommodation, he was not guilty of unlawful retailing.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Claiborne county. Hon. H. C. Mounger, Judge. Robert Page was convicted of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The instruction asked by the defendant which was refused was drawn along the theory that if defendant had merely ordered the liquor out of the state, as an accommodation, he was not guilty of unlawful retailing. The court will please bear iu mind that the indictment charged unlawful retailing and not acting as agent, and, therefore, as there was ample proof offered upon which to…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Appellant was indicted and tried for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, and the evidence shows that he did not sell, but acted as the agent of both the seller and buyer. Several witnesses testified that they went to appellant and requested him to order Christmas whiskey for them; that they delivered the money to him in this state, and afterwards the whiskey was shipped by ex*747press from New Orleans to Port Gibson. Appellant took tbe whiskey from tbe express office to Ms barber shop, witMn tbe jurisdiction of tbe trial court, and there delivered same to tbe persons who bad procured him…
2Cited by1 opinion
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