Miazza v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Hinds circuit court. Watts, J. The plaintiff in error, at the March term, A. D. 1856, of the court below, was indicted for retailing without license. • The indictment charged, that the defendant, “ on the 10th day of December, A. D. 1855, with force, &c., at the county aforesaid, to wit, in the city of Jackson, in the county aforesaid, did sell vinous and spirituous liquors, in less quantity than one gallon, without then and there having a license,” &c.
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Error to Hinds circuit court. Watts, J. The plaintiff in error, at the March term, A. D. 1856, of the court below, was indicted for retailing without license. • The indictment charged, that the defendant, “ on the 10th day of December, A. D. 1855, with force, &c., at the county aforesaid, to wit, in the city of Jackson, in the county aforesaid, did sell vinous and spirituous liquors, in less quantity than one gallon, without then and there having a license,” &c. The defendant first moved to quash the indictment, and his motion was overruled. He then pleaded in abatement, denying the right of…
1Opinion of the Court
Harris, J.:
Plaintiff in error was indicted for selling spirituous liquors in less quantity than one gallon, without license therefor.
A plea in abatement was filed, denying that the presiding judge was judge of the Hinds Circuit Court, &c. To which there was replication, a demurrer to the replication, demurrer overruled, issue, and jury, and verdict for the state, and judgment that plaintiff in error answer over; who thereupon plead not guilty. Motion in arrest of judgment, and for a new trial. Motion overruled, and sentence and judgment pronounced. Writ of error was then sued out, and cause…
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