Williams v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Violating Prohibition Law. Arpead from Elmore Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. George Williams ivas convicted of violating the prohibition law, and he appeals.
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Violating Prohibition Law. Arpead from Elmore Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. George Williams ivas convicted of violating the prohibition law, and he appeals. The affidavit charged as follows: “George Williams accepted from another for shipment, transportation, or delivery, or shipped, transported, or delivered for another, prohibited liquors or beverages within the town of Wetumpka which said liquors or beverages Avere received at one point or locality in this state to be shipped or transported or delivered to another firm, person, or corporation at another place or locality…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
When in one count several distinct offenses in the alternative are charged, each disjunctive averment must allege an offense, or the information or indictment is bad in toto. — State v. Nix, 165 Ala. 128, 51 South. 754.
Section 24 of the Fuller Bill (Acts of Special Session 1909, pp. 86, 87) provides: “It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, whether a *126common carrier or not, to accept from another for shipment, transportation, or delivery for another said prohibited liquors or beverages or any of them, when received at one point, place or locality in this state to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- State v. GilmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
- Eidge v. City of BessemerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- State v. NixSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
3Cited by4 opinions
- Adams v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
- Pappenburg v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1914
- Hall v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
- Marvin v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916