86 Miss. 203
Decided April 15, 1905
Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1905-04-15
Prom the circuit court of Webster county. Hon. J. M. Arnolu, Special Judge. John Willingham, Preston Willingham, and John Norwood, the appellees, were indicted and tried on an indictment charging them with having unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully opposed and resisted an officer attempting to serve or execute a legal writ, contrary to Code 1892, § 1221.
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Decided 1905-04-15
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently August 1992
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¶1delivered the opinion of the court.
¶2At the conclusion of the testimony on behalf of the state the court sustained a motion to exclude. Prom that ruling discharging the defendant the state prosecutes this appeal. No question of law is presented by this record, but a decision of the court merely passing upon the sufficiency of the proof to sustain a conviction. In such state of case there is no warrant of law for the taking of an appeal by the state, wherefore this appeal is
¶3Dismissed.