Bew v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of Hon. R. W. Williamson, Judge, rendered in vacation, at Greenwood, in Leflore county. This is a mandamus proceeding, on the relation of Walton Shields, district attorney, against J. R. Bew, registrar of Leflore county.
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Appeal from a judgment of Hon. R. W. Williamson, Judge, rendered in vacation, at Greenwood, in Leflore county. This is a mandamus proceeding, on the relation of Walton Shields, district attorney, against J. R. Bew, registrar of Leflore county. The petition was filed September 21,1893, and alleges that, under § 1610, code 1892, the board of supervisors of Leflore county, on September 4, 1893, upon application of the requisite number of electors, ordered an election to be held October 14, 1893, to determine whether vinous or spirituous liquors should be sold in the county; that the defendant,…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
Complying with the wishes of counsel, we proceed, without question as to the propriety of this particular proceeding, to consider the questions presented by it. They are:
First. — Does the fact that an election has been ordered under § 1610 of the code of 1892 stop the registration of electors until after it is held, because of the provision of the constitution, § 251, that “ electors shall not be registered within four months next before any election at which they may offer to vote,” etc., and § 3615 of the code of 1892, which directs that “ at any time not within four months of an election,…
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