Hoggett v. State

Citations

• 101 Miss. 272
• 57 So. 812

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law. Second offense. Vagrancy. Punishment.</p> <p>Where a greater punishment may be inflicted for a second or subsequent violation of a penal law than for the first, the fact that the offense is a second or subsequent violation must be directly averred in the information or indictment to justify the increased punishment; else it will not be considered as an offense for which the increased punishment can be inflicted but will be deemed to be the first offense.</p>