Haynie v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Lafayette County. Sceuggs, J. The facts will be found in the argument of the counsel for plaintiff in error, and the opinion of the court.
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In error from the circuit court of Lafayette County. Sceuggs, J. The facts will be found in the argument of the counsel for plaintiff in error, and the opinion of the court. The appellant (Haynie) was indicted in the circuit court of Lafayette, at the October term, 1855, for a violation of the act of February, 1848, which prohibits the sale of vinous and spirituous liquors in less quanties than five gallons within five miles of the University of Mississippi; at the April term of said circuit court the said Haynie was found guilty, and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment in the county jail,…
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, C. J.:
This was a conviction under the act of 1848, declaring it to be unlawful for any person to sell vinous or spiritous liquors, in any quantity less than five gallons, within five miles of the University of Mississippi; provided, however, that the act shall “not be construed to prohibit the sale of vinous and spirituous liquors from any drug store, for medicinal purposes.”
The grounds relied on for a reversal of the judgment are 1st. The refusal of the court to instruct the jury as requested by the defendant. 2d. The jury found contrary to law and the evidence.
Both of these questions…
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