Legal Opinion

Cooper v. City of Fort Valley

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 11, 1913No. 4982PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Certiorari; from Houston superior court — Judge Mathews. April 18, 1913.

1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.

1. Where the accused is charged with a violation of a valid municipal ordinance prohibiting the keeping of intoxicating liquors for the purpose of illegal sale, the possession of the liquors and proof of one sale will authorize a conviction. Sawyer v. Blakely, 2 Ga. App. 159 (58 S. E. 399).

2. The ease is squarely within the principle of numerous decisions of the Supreme Court and of this court, that when one is given money to purchase intoxicating liquor for the person from whom the money is received, and the recipient of the money goes away and subsequently returns with the liquor and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sawyer v. City of BlakelyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  2. Bray v. City of CommerceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Rice v. City of EatontonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914
  2. Elder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1942
  3. Barnes v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
  4. Seabrooks v. City of MaconCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
  5. Jennings v. City of QuitmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915

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