Legal Opinion · Dissent

Young v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 13, 1924No. Nos. 24361, 24279Published

1DissentAnderson, J.

I dissent from the majority opinion. The principles therein declared to be the law in my judgment open the flood gates to a saturnalia of violations of our prohibition laws. They are hard enough to enforce as it is. with additional subterfuges and fráuds for the would-be law violator to hide behind it is hard to tell what the result will be.

*208In my opinion, as the prohibition laws now stand, they bear no such construction as given them by the majority opinion. On the contrary, it seems plain that all intoxicating liquors and drinks are outlawed except wine for sacramental purposes, homemade…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Bertrand v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Goode v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1905

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