Legal Opinion

Walton v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 9, 1927No. 26300PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcGowen, J.

The appellant, Susie Walton, was convicted of the unlawful sale of intoxicating; liquor in the circuit court of Forrest county, and sentenced to pay a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars and to be confined to the county jail for ninety days, from which verdict and sentence imposed she prosecutes this appeal.

The evidence for the state sustained the allegations of the indictment, while that of the appellant and her witnesses, if believed, demonstrated her innocence. We do not think any error was committed by the court in the course of the trial nor in the instructions by the court, except as…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Brown v. SwinefordWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
  2. Martin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Bufkin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Rowe v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924
  5. Collins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1911

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Craft v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Henry v. CollinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Eaton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
  4. Guest v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Owen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1936

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