Dodson v. State
Cases that cite this one
2 later published cases cite this decision.
- Street v. State (Miss. 1950)
- Johnson v. State (Miss. 1939)
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Opinion of the Court
Appellant was tried and convicted upon an indictment charging him with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. The record discloses- that the state wholly failed to prove venue. Neither the county nor the state was mentioned anywhere in the testimony. It was incumbent upon the state to prove venue, and *549 failing to do so is jurisdictional, and may be raised for the first time in this court. Horton v. State, 123 Miss. 525, 86 So. 338; Monroe v. State, 103 Miss. 759, 60 So. 773; Quillen v. State, 106 Miss. 831, 64 So. 736.
It follows that the judgment of the court below will be reversed, and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
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