Champion v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Greenwood District; Daniel Hon, Judge; Tbe same act was relied on by tbe State and proved in.this case as in the case for running a blind tiger, of which he had been convicted. The plea of former conviction should have been sustained.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Greenwood District; Daniel Hon, Judge; Tbe same act was relied on by tbe State and proved in.this case as in the case for running a blind tiger, of which he had been convicted. The plea of former conviction should have been sustained. Kirby’s Dig., § 5464; Id. 5633. The object of the blind tiger statute, Kirby’s Dig., § 5140 is not the same as that of the statute under which this indictment was found, Kirby’s Dig., § 5093, the first named being intended to suppress the clandestine sale of liquors while the latter is intended to provide for revenue and for…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
The appellant was convicted in the Sebastian Circuit Court of selling liquor without license and fined in the sum of $100. Tie entered a plea of autre fois convict, which was overruled.
It was admitted by the State that the defendant had been legally convicted by the mayor’s court of the city of Hartford, a city of the second class, under an ordinance prohibiting the running of “blind tigers,” which ordinance was the same as the State law upon that subject, and a fine of $100 was assessed against him by the mayor’s court.
The evidence before the mayor’s court and before the circuit court was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ruble v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1888
- Sparks v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
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