Legal Opinion

Wood v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 9, 1953No. 38894Published

1Opinion of the CourtKyle, J.

The appellant, Mack Wood, was tried and convicted in a justice of the peace court in District No. 5 of Itawamba County on a charge of the unlawful sale of beer, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $300. He appealed the case to the circuit court, where he was again tried and convicted, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $300 and to serve a term of 60 days in the county jail. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The appellant’s attorneys assign several errors as grounds for reversal of the judgment of the lower court, but only one point has been argued on this appeal; and inasmuch as the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Monroe v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Slaton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Winborn v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Elzey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Childres v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1924

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