Wilson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Holmes county. Hon. PRAnic E. Everett, Judge. F. S. Wilson was convicted of the unlawful sale of liquor and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Holmes county. Hon. PRAnic E. Everett, Judge. F. S. Wilson was convicted of the unlawful sale of liquor and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. It is to be remembered that the affidavit on trial charged a sale on April 10, 1916. The defendant was a negro without any attorney in the justice court and though the circuit court nor the district attorney objected to the plea as being out of time, such an objection would not have been well taken had it been made. The defendant could not and did not know but that the state would rely upon…
1Opinion of the CourtHoldeN, J.
The appellant was convicted of the unlawful sale of liquor in Holmes county, and appeals here from the judgment of the circuit court sentencing him to fine and imprisonment.
It appears from the record that the appellant was charged with selling liquor on April 10, 1916, by affidavit in a justice of the peace court, and was tried and convicted in that court, from which conviction he appealed to the circuit court where he was again convicted by a jury in that court, and appeals from this conviction under the affidavit dated April 10, 1916. The record also shows that an affidavit dated April 8,…
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