Morgan v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Calhoun Circuit Court. Tried before the Hon. Leroy E. Box. In this case the State introduced testimony tending to show that, on one occasion, a witness for the State went into the town of Oxford, in Calhoun county, State of Alabama, and meeting up with the defendant in the street, asked him if he knew where witness could get some whiskey.; that witness gave defendant some money, and defendant then went off, and, after an absence of some little time, returned with…
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Appeal from Calhoun Circuit Court. Tried before the Hon. Leroy E. Box. In this case the State introduced testimony tending to show that, on one occasion, a witness for the State went into the town of Oxford, in Calhoun county, State of Alabama, and meeting up with the defendant in the street, asked him if he knew where witness could get some whiskey.; that witness gave defendant some money, and defendant then went off, and, after an absence of some little time, returned with a quart of whiskey, which he delivered to witness, and that this occurred within twelve months before the finding of…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— The indictment, which charges the defendant with selling vinous or spirituous liquors without a license, is framed in accordance with the provisions of section 4806 of the Code, 1876. The solicitor having announced, after reading the indictment to the jury, that he was proceeding against the defendant for a violation of “An act to regulate the sale, giving away, or otherwise disposing of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, or intoxicating bitters, or patent medicines having alcohol as a base, in Calhoun county,” introduced in evidence against the objection of defendant, the. record of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
3Cited by18 opinions
- State ex rel. Crumpton v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Ex parte CowertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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- Darrington v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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