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107 Miss. 462

State v. Jones

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1914

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1914-03-15

Hon. P. B. Johnson, Judge. W. F. Jones and others were acquitted of crime and the state appeals. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. '

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Decided 1914-03-15

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Cook, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2The attorney-general'in his brief says:

£ £ The case is ended finally and conclusively by the verdict of not guilty. Nothing more can be done, no matter what this honorable court may do upon this appeal. This question is purely academic. This court has, on several occasions, declined to consider or decide purely academic or abstract questions of law in cases appealed by the state.”

¶3Without considering the point raised by the appeal, the judgment is affirmed.

¶4Affirmed.

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