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95 Miss. 75

White v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1909

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1909-03-15

Prom the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. William H. Harpy, Judge. White and another, appellants, were tried and convicted before a justice of the peace of malicious mischief, shooting a horse, upon an affidavit charging the horse to have been the property of one James Riley, without naming or describing the animal. They appealed to the circuit court and were there tried de novo and again convicted.

Relies on Hudson v. State

Decided 1909-03-15

Mayes, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2We do not think the amendment to the affidavit should have been allowed by the court. This case cannot be distinguished from the case of Hudson v. State, 73 Miss. 784, 19 South. 965.

¶3Reversed and remanded.

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