Brooks v. State

This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court adjudging appellants in contempt of court for failure to execute bonds in the sum of $1,000 each conditioned to comply with a prior decree permanently enjoining appellants from selling whiskey and permitting gambling at their place of business known as Hilltop Diner located in Hinds County, Mississippi, all as provided by Sections 1073 and 2646, Miss. Code 1942.

These proceedings involved four steps in the lower court. All took place in 1952. In the first, the State, on November 7th, filed the original bill herein, charging that appellants…