Stovall v. State

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Walthall county wherein, on appeal from a justice of the peace court, appellant, Willie Stovall, was tried and convicted on an affidavit charging him with obstructing justice, and sentenced to pay a fine and serve a term in jail.

The affidavit, as amended, charged the appellant with a violation of section 1061, Code 1930 — assisting in the reseñe and escape of Jonah Stovall from the custom of the constable of the beat in which a crime was alleged to have been committed. The constable had arrested Jonah Stovall without a warrant for disturbing public…