Elzey v. State

Citations

• 110 Miss. 502
• 70 So. 579

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law. Appeal. Tenue. Judicial notice.</p> <p>On an appeal to the circuit court from a conviction of a misdemeanor by a justice of the peace, it is necessary for the state to show the venue of the offense, and where the only proof of venue was that the offense occurred within a named city it was insufficient, since the court cannot take judicial notice of what justice’s court district a named city is in. The districts of a county being determined by order of the board of supervisors of the county, and by such order may be and are sometimes charged.</p>