Case Name: Davenport v. State
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1926-10-04
Citations: 144 Miss. 273
Docket Number: No. 25789
Parties: Davenport v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 144
Pages: 273–276

Head Matter:
Davenport v. State.
(Division A.
Oct. 4, 1926.)
[109 So. 707.
No. 25789.]
Greek P. Rice, Jr., for appellant.
Rufus Creehnnore, Special Agent, for the state.
Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Criminal Law, 16CJ, p. 935, n. 68 New.

Opinion:
Smith, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The evidence is wholly insufficient to sustain the verdict of guilty; consequently the peremptory instruction asked by the appellant should have been granted.
The verdict of the court below will be reversed, and the appellant discharged.
Reversed.