State v. Goree

Citations

• 108 Miss. 527
• 66 So. 986

Syllabus

<p>Security to Keep the Peace. Affidavit. Venue. Need of remedy.</p> <p>It is not necessary to state the venue in an affidavit before a justice of the peace asking that a party be put under a bond to keep the peace, such a proceeding is, strictly speaking, neither a civil • or criminal proceeding, but is designed as a preventative meaure to restrain persons from committing offenses against the property or person of others.</p>