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McLain et al. v. State

Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A
Nov 29, 1926
110 So. 441 (Miss. 1926)

Opinion

No. 26034.

November 29, 1926.

CRIMINAL LAW. Jurisdiction did not attach where justice of the peace failed to attach certificate of record.

Trial court held without jurisdiction of case to which justice of the peace whom it was originally tried failed to attach certificate of record.

APPEAL from circuit court of Greene county; HON. R.M. BORDEAUX, Judge.



The justice of the peace before whom this case was originally tried failed to attach his certificate to the record thereof filed in the court below; consequently, that court, as the attorney-general admits, was without jurisdiction to proceed with the trial thereof.

Reversed and remanded.


Summaries of

McLain et al. v. State

Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A
Nov 29, 1926
110 So. 441 (Miss. 1926)
Case details for

McLain et al. v. State

Case Details

Full title:McLAIN et al. v. STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A

Date published: Nov 29, 1926

Citations

110 So. 441 (Miss. 1926)
145 Miss. 210

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