Bacot v. City of Laurel
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Jones county. Hon. P. B. Johnson, Judge. Mrs. W. B. Bacot was convicted of violating an ordinance of the city of Laurel, and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The city ordinance in question is a blanket ordinance and by its terms expressly seeks to make all violations of the penal law of the state, misdemeanors and felonies alike, offenses against the city.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Jones county. Hon. P. B. Johnson, Judge. Mrs. W. B. Bacot was convicted of violating an ordinance of the city of Laurel, and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The city ordinance in question is a blanket ordinance and by its terms expressly seeks to make all violations of the penal law of the state, misdemeanors and felonies alike, offenses against the city. The exact language of it is: “That all the offenses under the penal laws amounting to a misdemeanor, and all offenses which are violations of the criminal laws of Mississippi,…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
A policeman of the city of Laurel made an affidavit against appellant in the police court charging her with violating a city law. The charge in the affidavit is that she did—
“unlawfully by force and threats attempt to intimidate or impede affiant a policeman, poundkeeper of the city of Laurel, Miss., in the discharge of his official duty, in attempting to impound an animal running at large in said city in-violation of its ordinances.”
It is claimed that an attempt to intimidate or impede an officer in the way alleged in the affidavit is an offense under the criminal laws of the state of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Dismukes v. Town of LouisvilleMississippi Supreme Court · 1911