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105 Miss. 333

Horton v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1913

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1913-03-15

Hon. Claud Clayton, Judge. Charley Horton was convicted of the unlawful sale of liquors and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Appellant was indicted for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors. He was not indicted under section 1771 Code of 1906 for acting as agent, or assistant, of the seller or purchaser, in effecting the sale of intoxicating liquors.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1921

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Relies on Wiley v. State

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Decided 1913-03-15

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Cook, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2Appellant was convicted of the offense of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors. The record discloses that *337appellant put np forty cents, and one Iieatlierly contributed thirty-five cents, to form a pool for the purpose of buying a bottle of whisky. Appellant took charge of the money and purchased the whisky, ánd he and Heath-erly afterwards, and speedily, consumed the same. This was the state’s case, and because the court, at the request of appellant, refused to instruct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty, this appeal is prosecuted.

¶3Simmons v. State, 59 So. 849, and Wiley v. State, 74 Miss. 727, 21 So. 797, read together, we think, support the action of the trial court. In Simmons v. State it is said that Simmons aided ‘‘ the seller to sell,’’ and in Wiley v. State it is said, “All who aid in the commission of a misdemeanor are principals.” The fact that the respective shares of the parties were not in separate containers does not alter the fact that appellant assisted the seller to sell Heatherly whisky.

¶4Affirmed.

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