Huffman v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Feom the Circuit Court of Coosa. Tried before the Hon. Robert Dougherty. This indictment was in the general form allowed by the Code.
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Feom the Circuit Court of Coosa. Tried before the Hon. Robert Dougherty. This indictment was in the general form allowed by the Code. The bill of exceptions states the following facts : “ On the trial of this case, the State offered a witness, who testified, that the defendant, with four others, each of whom is indicted for playing cards at the same time and place, played cards in this county, within six months previous to the finding of the indictment; that they played in a bed-room, attached to a store, which store belonged to defendant and another ; that the playing was at night, when the…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.
It is settled in this State, that a store-house in the country is a public house, within the meaning of section 3243 of the Code ; and that if the house consists of two rooms, the one in front being used as a dry-goods store, the other being a shed attached to, and communicating with the store-room by a door, and .both rooms are under the control of the same person, it is, prima facie, an entirety ; and that the front room being clearly within the prohibition of said section, the shed-room is, prima facie, within the prohibition. Brown v. The State, 27 Ala. R. 47, and cases therein cited ;…
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