State v. Shroeder
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from. Madison District Court. Defendant was convicted upon an information charging him with selling, contrary to law, beer and other malt liquors within two miles of the city of Winterset. The proceedings were first prosecuted before the mayor of the city. Upon an appeal to the District Court defendant was again convicted. He now appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ch. J.
— I. The proceedings in this case are under chapter 119, Acts Seventeenth General Assembly. The only questions presented for our determination involve the validity of this act. Counsel for defendant insist that it is in conflict with the constitution and, therefore, void. They rely upon this position as a ground for reversing the judgment of the court'below. It becomes our duty to consider the statute thus brought in question.
The title of the act and the first two sections are in the following language:
*198“CHAPTER 119.
“Prohibiting the Sale of Malt or Yinous Liquors within Two Miles…
2Cited by13 opinions
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