Robinson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. F. E. Everett, Judge. Fannie Robinson was convicted of selling intoxicating liquors, after conviction for two former similar offenses and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. By acts of 1912, chapter 214, page 289, the penalty for unlawful retailing for third offense was fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. F. E. Everett, Judge. Fannie Robinson was convicted of selling intoxicating liquors, after conviction for two former similar offenses and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. By acts of 1912, chapter 214, page 289, the penalty for unlawful retailing for third offense was fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary. The indictment charged the appellant with unlawful retailing after she had been twice before convicted of unlawful retailing by courts of competent jurisdiction. The records of two former…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Fannie Robinson was tried and convicted on. an indictment charging her with unlawfully and feloniously selling intoxicating liquors after the conviction for two former offenses. She was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years.
The action of the trial court in admitting in evidence records showing two former convictions for the unlawful sale of liquor is the only assignment of error argued. The indictment against appellant was returned for violation of the law as contained in chapter 214 of the Laws of Mississippi of 1912, which amended section-1746 of the Code of 1906, as amended by…
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