Booze v. Yazoo City
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the circuit court of Yazoo county. ■IIon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Booze, appellant, tried and convicted before the mayor of Yazoo City, on the charge of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors within the municipality, appealed to the circuit court; ■ was tried there de novo, convicted, fined $250, sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for thirty days, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts.
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Prom the circuit court of Yazoo county. ■IIon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Booze, appellant, tried and convicted before the mayor of Yazoo City, on the charge of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors within the municipality, appealed to the circuit court; ■ was tried there de novo, convicted, fined $250, sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for thirty days, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. The court erred in not granting appellant’s request for a new venire and also erred in refusing to allow the evidence of different witnesses sought to be…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, J.
We take no notice of any of the objections urged by counsel for appellant, other than what shall be stated in the’ opinion, as it is our view that none of the objections have any merit, save the one herein discussed.
The testimony shows that one Carpenter was employed as a detective to ferret out the blind tigers (persons engaged in the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors) in Yazoo City. Some time in October, 1908, he approached one Pierce Kennedy and asked him if he could get him some whiskey, saying at the timé that he (Carpenter) had the money if Kennedy knew where to get it. Kennedy…
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