State v. Taylor
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Prentiss county. Hon. J. IT. Mitchell, Judge. John W. Taylor was indicted for receiving deposits in a bank knowing or having good reason to believe the bank to be insolvent. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the indictment, the state appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. No brief of counsel on either side found in the record.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
Appellee was indicted for receiving into a bank of which he was president money on deposit, the bank then *851being to Ms knowledge insolvent. The indictment was demurred to, and, the demurrer having been sustained, the state appeals.
The demurrer was evidently sustained under the construction put upon the statute in State v. Traylor, 100 Miss. 544, 56 So. 521. That case, however, was overruled by State v. Rawles, 60 So. 782, decided since this judgment was rendered in the court below, and appellee does not now insist upon that ground of deemurrer.
One of the reasons why, in appellee’s' opinion,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. TraylorMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
- State v. WinstandleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
- State v. RawlesMississippi Supreme Court · 1912
- Baggett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1892
3Cited by1 opinion
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