Bond v. State

Smith, J.:

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the circuit court of Yazoo county, of the offense of selling spirituous liquor to a slave without the permission of the master or owner.

Exceptions were taken at the trial to the introduction of evidence offered in behalf of the prosecution. These, however appear to have been abandoned, as they have not been pressed upon the consideration of the court.

The instructions granted at the instance of the prosecuting attorney will not be noticed. They were not excepted to at the time, and have not been made a ground for the motion for a new trial,…