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Perry v. State

Citations

  • 106 Miss. 693
  • 64 So. 466

Syllabus

<p>Witnesses. Impeachment. Bias.</p> <p>In a prosecution for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, it was error for the court to refuse to allow the defendant to show that the state witness had been arrested and confined in jail fo.r selling the same liquor defendant was charged with selling, and had been released in consideration of his testimony against defendant.</p>

Judges: Cook

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