Winfield v. City of Jackson
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of first district, Hinds county. IIon. David M. Hiller, Judge. Ida Winfield, the appellant, was convicted in the court below of the unlawful sale of intoxicants, and appealed to the supreme court.
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From the circuit court of first district, Hinds county. IIon. David M. Hiller, Judge. Ida Winfield, the appellant, was convicted in the court below of the unlawful sale of intoxicants, and appealed to the supreme court. The prosecution was begun in the municipal court of the city of Jackson,, and the offense charged was that in making the unlawful sale the defendant violated an ordinance of the city making all acts constituting a misdemeanor under the laws of the state an offense against the municipality, when committed within its limits. Being convicted in the municipal court, the accused…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
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Courts take note of time in the calendar. October 23, 1904, was Sunday, and it is immaterial that the district attorney said it was in his argument to the jury. We are not called on to determine results, if he had said it was, when it in fact was not.
The mayor’s record was sufficient under the law. Hughston v. Cornish, 59 Miss., 374. There did not appear in the file of papers the original affidavit for arrest. It was competent for the court to hear evidence of its original existence and contents, and have it supplied.
*277An ordinance providing that all offenses made misdemeanors under the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Barataria Canning Co. v. OttMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
- Town of Ocean Springs v. GreenMississippi Supreme Court · 1899
3Cited by4 opinions
- Dodd v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISSMississippi Supreme Court · 1960
- Henry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
- Richards v. Town of MagnoliaMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
- Smothers v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1908