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GALBRAITH v. STATE

No. 43878.

184 So.2d 633 (1966)

Robert E. GALBRAITH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 28, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin L. Pittman, Robert L. Lennon, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs (demerol).

It is first contended that appellant was not given a preliminary hearing until seven and one-half days after he was arrested, and on that account, he should have been discharged. The arrest took place on April 8, 1965, at a time when the district attorney, who usually makes the affidavit in...

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