State v. Gray
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Leflore county. Hon. P. E. Everett, Judge. Gum Gray was acquitted of selling intoxicating liquors unlawfully and the state appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Leflore county. Hon. P. E. Everett, Judge. Gum Gray was acquitted of selling intoxicating liquors unlawfully and the state appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Section 1762 of the Code of 1906, is as follows: “On the trial of all prosecutions for the violation of law by the sale or giving away of liquors, bitters, or drinks, the state shall not be confined to the proof of a single violation but may give evidence of any one or more offenses of the same character committed anterior to the day laid in the indictment or in the…
1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.
This is an appeal from the circuit court of Leflore county. The appellee, Gum Gray, was charged in the magistrate’s court with unlawful selling of intoxicating liquor and, having been convicted, appealed to the circuit court. In the trial of the case in the circuit court the state produced evidence of three separate and distinct sales of liquor by the appellee, Gum Gray, within a period of two years anterior to the date charged in the •affidavit. At the conclusion of all the evidence, and after instructions had been asked and granted by the court, ■except instruction No. 1, counsel…
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- Thomas v. Yazoo CityMississippi Supreme Court · 1909
- King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1910