Newton v. State

Arrington, C.

The appellant was tried and convicted in the County Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, on an affidavit charging him with the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, to wit: whiskey, and was sentenced by the court to pay a fine of $500 and serve ninety days in jail, from which judgment he appealed to the Circuit Court of Forrest County, where the .judgment was affirmed.

The appellant argues three assignments of error, one of these being that the court erred in denying him a trial hy jury. The affidavit in this case was filed in the County Court of Forrest County on October…