Powell v. State

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.

Appellants, Roderick R. Powell, Sr., and his son, James P. Powell, were convicted in the Circuit Court of Franklin County of killing a deer by headlighting in violation of Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 5866-02 (Supp.1966), and were each fined $250. The evidence was ample to support the convictions.

State Game Warden Ducker and a deputy sheriff were riding on a remote road in Franklin County when they passed a small foreign car going in the opposite direction. They pulled into a side road, and the car passed their location two or three times, weaving at a slow…