Whitton v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Marshall circuit court. Thompson, J.' Cited, Bishop Cr. Law, 224-254; 10 Johns., 443; '2 Taylor Ev., 93. Cited, 1 Greenl. Ev., Ill, 112; Rex v. Almin, 1 Leading Cr. Cases, 241; Rev. Code, 199, art. 9. Cited, Rex v. Meddle, 6 Carr. & Payne, 292; Rex v. Gutch, M. & M., 433; 1 Leading Cr. Cases, 247.
1Opinion of the Court
Handy, J.:
The plaintiffs in error were indicted and convicted of. selling spirituous liquor to one Greer, who was then intoxicated, they having general license to retail spirituous liquors.
It was proved by Hewett, the only witness on the part of the state, that on one occasion he saw Greer in the town where the spirituous liquor was charged to have been sold; that he knew when Greer was drunk, and considered him so at the time referred to, because he rode his horse up and down the street several times, and made more noise than usual; that he saw him go into the grocery of the defendants on…
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