Gordon v. State

Citations

• 127 Miss. 396
• 90 So. 75

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminai, Law. Indictment and information. Passing of indictment to files is not an acquittal, and indictment may be reinstated.</p> <p>Passing an indictment to the files is in no sense an acquittal of the charge, and is not a bar to further prosecution of the indictment, and, with the consent of the court, an indictment which has been passed to the files may be withdrawn and reinstated for trial at any future term of the court.</p> <p>2. Criminai, Law. Conviction for unlawful possession does not bar prosecution for manufacturing.</p> <p>A conviction for unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquors does not bar a second prosecution of the defendant for feloniously making or distilling the same liquor.</p>