Adler v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
FROM City Court of Montgomery. • Tried before Hon. John A. Minnis. These three cases, though decided together, because they presented substantially the same questions, were brought up on separate records, and were argued and submitted at different times.
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FROM City Court of Montgomery. • Tried before Hon. John A. Minnis. These three cases, though decided together, because they presented substantially the same questions, were brought up on separate records, and were argued and submitted at different times. In the case of Leopold Adler, the indictment contained five counts; but the jury, by their verdict, found the defendant guilty under the third count only, which charged that he “did sell to one Silas Berry, a minor, spirituous, vinous, or malt liquor, without the requisition of a physician for medicinal purposes.” On the trial, as appears…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, J. —
The act of the legislature under which these several indictments were found — Pamph. Acts 1874-5, p. 280— is assailed as violative of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of 1868, which declares, that “each law shall contain but one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title.”
Speaking of this provision, we, in Boyd v. The State, at the last term, after quoting approvingly the reasons given by Mr. Cooley for incorporating this clause in constitutions, said: “But, while giving full effect to the provision quoted above, in its admitted purpose to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Ex parte PollardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1866
- Stoudenmeier v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Brandon v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1861
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Key v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
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3Cited by33 opinions
- City of Dothan v. HardySupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Marks v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Douglas v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
- Alabama Ed. Ass'n v. BD. OF TRUSTEES, ETC.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1979
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