Goforth v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rankin County. Hon. A. G. Mayers, Judge. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The license issued by the sheriff and the order of the Board of Supervisors granting the license to Cooper & Lowry should have been admitted in evidence. But it is claimed that the license is void/because the sheriff failed to state, in the receipt given by him, the house in which the liquors were to be sold.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rankin County. Hon. A. G. Mayers, Judge. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The license issued by the sheriff and the order of the Board of Supervisors granting the license to Cooper & Lowry should have been admitted in evidence. But it is claimed that the license is void/because the sheriff failed to state, in the receipt given by him, the house in which the liquors were to be sold. The license, which is “ authority, liberty, orpermission ” to retail, is granted by the Board of Supervisors. The house in which the liquors are to be…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmeRS, J.
Appellant, who was on trial for unlawful retailing, desired to prove that he had made the sale for which he was indicted as the clerk of Cooper & Lowry, and that these parties were duly licensed. He offered in evidence a license held by Cooper & Lowry, regular in all respects except that it failed to specify the particular house in which the business of retailing was to be conducted, and he offered in connection with it the record of the proceedings of. the Board of Supervisors, showing the order of the board directing or authorizing the issuance of the license, and specifying the house where…
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