Quick v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. C. C. Miller, Judge. Johnnie Quick and another were convicted of keeping and maintaining a gaming house, and they appeal. The appellants in this case indicted by the grand jury of Lauderdale county, in August, 1922, were charged jointly with unlawfully keeping and maintaining a common gaming house.
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Appeal from Circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. C. C. Miller, Judge. Johnnie Quick and another were convicted of keeping and maintaining a gaming house, and they appeal. The appellants in this case indicted by the grand jury of Lauderdale county, in August, 1922, were charged jointly with unlawfully keeping and maintaining a common gaming house. At the February Term, 1923, of the circuit court of Lauderdale county, the defendants were convicted and given the maximum sentence of the law. At the opening of this term of court, and before any case had been called for trial, and before the…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The appellants, Quick and Moore, were convicted of the offense of keeping and maintaining a gaming house in the city of Meridian.
*805The appellants present and urge several errors for reversal, the main ones being that the proof in the case was not sufficient to sustain the verdict of the jury, and that the court erred in quashing the jury panel and the jury box on motion of the district attorney.
We have carefully reviewed the testimony in the case, and the instructions given and refused by the court, and it is our judgment the proof is sufficient to sustain the charge, and that there is ho…
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- Cook v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1907
- Purvis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
- Posey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Ladner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
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- Nash v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1923