Case Name: Adams v. State
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1956-03-05
Citations: 227 Miss. 25
Docket Number: No. 39971
Parties: Adams v. State
Judges: Roberds, P.J., and Hall, Kyle and Holmes, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 227
Pages: 25–26

Head Matter:
Adams v. State
No. 39971
March 5, 1956
85 So. 2d 908
D. Gary Sutherland, Hattiesburg, for appellant.
John Price, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee-

Opinion:
Gillespie, J.
At a trial for criminal contempt for violating an injunction against the possession of intoxicating liquors, it was proven that Adams had in his possession a quantity of intoxicating liquor. Appellant contends that the State failed to prove him guilty of criminal contempt beyond a reasonable doubt because it was not shown that he was able to comply with the injunction; that it was shown by the testimony that the liquor he possessed was "drinking whiskey" kept for his personal use; that he was addicted to drinking whiskey, and was thereby unable to comply with the decree enjoining him from possessing liquor. This argument is unusual and unsound.
Affirmed.
Roberds, P.J., and Hall, Kyle and Holmes, JJ., concur.