70 Miss. 699 | Miss. | 1893
delivered the opinion of the court.
Although this case appears on the docket of this court, and did so appear on that of the court below; as a prosecu
But, if there is an ordinance of the town against selling liquor, the conviction could, in no event, be maintained, because of error in the court in admitting evidence of two distinct sales. In King v. State, 66 Miss., 502, this question was fully considered and decided, and that case was followed in Bailey v. State, 67 Miss., 333. We now follow it again, with the hope that by patience and persistence we shall eventually establish the rule it announces.
Reversed.