Legal Opinion

VerWilst v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided April 26, 1928No. 25,265PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment assessing a fine of $150 and thirty days imprisonment at the Indiana State Farm for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor under §4, ch. 48, acts of 1925, §2717 Burns 1926, and assessing a fine of $250 and six months imprisonment for maintaining a common nuisance under §24, ch. 48, acts of 1925, §2740 Burns 1926.

The only alleged error relied upon is the overruling of appellant’s motion in arrest of judgment, his contention *32being that the “Act concerning intoxicating liquors,” ch. 48, acts of 1925 is unconstitutional and void because, “it assumes to…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Purity Extract & Tonic Co. v. LynchSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. National Prohibition CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  3. Jacob Ruppert v. CaffeySupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  4. Crane v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  5. Lambert v. YellowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1926

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Molnar v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1931

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