Blackwell v. State

JONES, Justice.

In the summer of 1968, there were in Harrison County, on the beach, along old Highway 49 (apparently abandoned by the *791Highway Department when a new road was built) on the northern edge of Gulf-port and at other points, certain places which existed on proceeds from law violations, particularly those prohibiting gambling and prostitution. They operated to a large extent through what is commonly called night clubs.

Able and courageous officers, with their aides, exerted much effort to eliminate this growing blight on the Mississippi Coast, a rendezvous for many, who there seek…