Legal Opinion

Bond v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1850Published

In error from the circuit court of Yazoo county; Hon. Robert C. Perry, judge. The opinion sets forth the facts sufficiently.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith

The plaintiff in error was convicted, in the circuit court of Yazoo county, of the offence 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, which' was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jolly v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872

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