In re Bishop

This case involves the power of a circuit judge to remove a deputy sheriff from office without notice.

The Circuit Judge of Copiah County entered an order, reciting that it had come to his attention that Bishop was interested, as a partner, in buying and leasing juke boxes and pinball machines, placed “in various portions of the County, some of which the court is advised is placed with parties who have Federal licenses to sell intoxicating liquors and are selling same” and that, also through such partnership, Bishop was engaged in repairing slot machines in that County, dividing between…