Hunt v. City of Tupelo
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court-of Lee county. HoN. Claude Clayton, Judge. Annie Hunt was convicted of keeping malt liquors, beer, etc., and for unlawful purposes and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court-of Lee county. HoN. Claude Clayton, Judge. Annie Hunt was convicted of keeping malt liquors, beer, etc., and for unlawful purposes and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. There is a very- important question involved in this case, viz: that of returning the verdict to the clerk of the court, the defendant and her counsel, after court had adjourned for the noon hour, and until one thirty o’clock that afternoon, without the consent or approval of defendant or her counsel, and no notice was given her that the jury was ready to render a…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
This is an appeal from the circuit court of Lee county where the appellant, Annie Hunt, was convicted of keeping’ malt liquors, beer, for unlawful purposes, in the city of Tupelo.
It appears from the record that the jury in the lower court returned a verdict of “guilty” to the clerk after court had adjourned for the noon hour, and in the absence of the judge, the defendant, and her counsel, without any agreement of the defendant or her counsel that the verdict might be returned in such manner, or any agreement whatever with reference to the return of the verdict by the jury; nor did the…
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