SHORTRIDGE v. STATE

No. 42115.

243 Miss. 710 (1962)

140 So.2d 89

SHORTRIDGE v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 16, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fountain D. Dawson, Greenwood, for appellant.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


McGEHEE, C.J.

The appellant Linnwood Shortridge was charged with using threatening language over a telephone to Rosie Lee Shortridge in violation of Section 2291.5, Code of 1942, by threatening to do her great bodily harm, and the appellant was tried, convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and to serve six months in jail. He appeals from that sentence and judgment.

(Hn 1) Upon the trial of the...

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