State v. Widman
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tie circuit court of Pike county. HoN. J. B. HoldeN, Judge. Will Widman was charged by affidavit before a justice of the peace with failing to pay a dog tax. Demurrer to affidavit sustained, affidavit quashed and state appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, J'.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal under the provisions of section 40 of the Code of 1906, providing, among other things specified therein, that the state or any municipal corporation may prosecute an appeal from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to, or a motion to quash, an indictment or an affidavit charging crime.
■ Will Widman was charged by an affidavit in the justice of the peace court' in Pike county with failing and refusing to pay a tax on a dog levied under the provisions of chapter 148 of the Laws of 1910 put into opera*3tion in said county by an order of…
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