Kindle v. State
Kindle v. State
Opinion of the Court
Pursuant to Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 10224 (1953), the Board of
In his appeal to this Court, Kindle raises several questions, one of which is based on the State’s instruction No. 1 which stated that if the jury believed from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant “did sell, give away, or permit to be consumed on Ms premises, beer on Sunday outside of a municipality,” etc., then it was the sworn duty of the jury to find a verdict of guilty.
Neither the statute authorizing the adoption of the ordinance nor the ordinance itself made it unlawful to “permit to be consumed on his premises, beer on Sunday.” Therefore, the instruction was fatally defective and the case must be reversed.
Kindle raises the issue whether he should have been granted a peremptory instruction, but after a careful review of the evidence, we are of the opinion that there was sufficient circumstantial evidence to make a jury issue.
The other questions raised by the appellant do not justify discussion.
■ Reversed and remanded.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Clarence KINDLE v. STATE of Mississippi
- Status
- Published