Newsome v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for furnishing liquor to minor, from Berrien superior court — Judge Mitchell. March 25, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The Penal Code, §444, makes it criminal for “any person, by himself or another,” to “sell, or cause to be sold, or furnished,” to any *792minor any spirituous, malt, or intoxicating liquors, unless such person shall first obtain the written consent of the minor’s parent or guardian. In this State, as in most of the States,- this statute has been broadly and liberally construed in favor of the protection thus afforded against the obtaining of intoxicating liquors by minors. The word “sell,” appearing in the statute, is of course not to be taken in the strict…
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