Marks v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court
Marks v. State, 71 Miss. 206 (Miss. 1893)
Campbell

Marks v. State

Opinion of the Court

Campbell, C. J.,

If the appellant had shown that by his purchase of the county warrants he did not become the owner of or interested in them or either of them, in any way, a very different question would be presented; but that does not appear. There is nothing to suggest that he did not use his own money, and, by his purchase, become the owner of the warrants, although he may have intended to let Mr. McGinnis or the railway company have them. There is nothing in evidence to relieve him from the provisions of the statute under which he was indicted, and which he is shown to have violated. Code 1892, § 1239.

Affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
L. Marks v. State
Status
Published
Syllabus
Cbimotal Law. Speculating in county warrants. Supervisor. Code 1892, §1239. Under § 1329, code 1892, prohibiting any member of the board of supervisors, or clerk thereof, from speculating in county warrants, it is no defense that such officer, in buying a warrant below par, intended to let another have it, it not appearing that he did not use his own money, or by his purchase become the owner of, or interested in, the warrant.