Washington v. City of Jackson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Washington v. City of Jackson, 112 Miss. 171 (Miss. 1916)
72 So. 893
Holden
Washington v. City of Jackson
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The proof in this case brings it within the rule announced in Stansbury v. State, 98 Miss. 406, 53 So. 783, and McComb City v. Hill, 100 Miss. 193, 56 So. 346, 39 L. R. A. (N. S.) 534. Therefore the judgment of the lower court is reversed, and the appellant discharged.
Reversed.
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- Intoxicating IuqtjoRS. Possession with intent to sell. Evidence. Sufficiency. Before a conviction can be bad under section 1797, Code 1906, as amended by chapter 114 of Laws 1908, providing that, “it shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession any intoxicating liquors with the intention or for the purpose of selling the same, or giving it away in violation of law,” there must be evidence of a sale or intent to sell such liquors and the fact that defendant has a large quantity of liquor in his possession alone is not sufficient to convict.