Washington v. City of Jackson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Virginia Washington was convicted in the municipal court of unlawfully having in her possession intoxicating liquors with the intention of selling them, and from the judgment on appeal to the circuit court again convicting her, she appeals.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Virginia Washington was convicted in the municipal court of unlawfully having in her possession intoxicating liquors with the intention of selling them, and from the judgment on appeal to the circuit court again convicting her, she appeals. Appellant was convicted in the municipal court of the city of Jackson on an affidavit which charged that she — “did then and there willfully and unlawfully have in her possession vinous, spirituous, malt, alcoholic, and intoxicating liquors, with the intention and with the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The proof in this case brings it within the rule announced in Stansbury v. State, 98 Miss. 406, 53 So. 783, and McComb City v. Hill, 100 Miss. 193, 56 So. 346, 39 L. R. A. (N. S.) 534. Therefore the judgment of the lower court is reversed, and the appellant discharged.
Reversed.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McComb City v. HillMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
- Stansbury v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
3Cited by1 opinion
- Prine v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1930