PRESLEY v. STATE

No. 45571.

229 So.2d 830 (1969)

Sam PRESLEY v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Palmer & Palmer, Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


INZER, Justice:

Appellant Sam Presley was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County on a charge of illegal possession of gambling devices in violation of Section 2192, Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated (1956). He was sentenced to pay a fine of $2,000 and serve 60 days in the county jail. From this judgment he appeals and we reverse and discharge appellant.

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