Graham v. State

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

The appellant, James Graham, was charged, tried and convicted of selling beer in a dry county (Ark. Stat. Ann. § 48-803 [Repl. 1964]), and he brings this appeal.

Appellant insists that when he made the beer sale in Ouachita County on October 8, 1965, he violated no law because, he claims, that at the General Election in 1964 Ouachita County had voted “wet,” and the result of such election is controlling, notwithstanding the. fact that the election was contested. Appellant concedes that what we said in Parker v. Rowan, 239 Ark. 929, 395 S. W. 2d 338, will result in an…