McDowell v. State

The appellant, Cleve McDowell, assigns as error that the court below erred (1) in closing the six-day circuit term after one day, and (2) in denying appellant’s timely motion to reinstate his appeal. We are of the opinion the circuit judge was not in error, and the appeal to this Court should be dismissed.

Appellant was arrested on September 23, 1963 on the campus of the University of Mississippi, Lafayette County, and charged with violating Mississippi Code Annotated section 2085 (1956), carrying a concealed weapon. On September 28, 1963 he was convicted in the Justice of Peace Court, First…