Correlis v. State

— Correlis was convicted of the statutory offense of unlawfully engaging in the business of a dealer in liquor between November 11th and December 5th, 1918, being a second offense. On writ of error it is contended for him that the amendment to Article NIX of the Constitution, forbidding liquor sales in the State, adopted November 5th, 1918, then superseded the former provisions of Article XIX, under which local option sales were had, but that amended Article XIX did not take effect till January 1st, 1919, “hence at the time of the alleged sales, there was no provision in our Constitution for…