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SMYLEY v. STATE

No. 39669.

224 Miss. 118 (1955)

79 So.2d 539

SMYLEY v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 25, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Maxey, Wm. H. Odom, Laurel, for appellant.

Wm. E. Cresswell. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, J.

Appellant was sentenced to a life term for murder. The facts which the jury was fully justified in finding from the evidence will be briefly stated.

Appellant was working in the Diamond Playhouse, an establishment commonly known as a "honky-tonk" or "night club," where "stump" whiskey was sold and consumed, and where a juke box beat time for the dancers — a "joint" typical of those where so many...

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