Legal Opinion

State v. Langworthy

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 1909PublishedCited by 20 opinions

From Tillamook: William Galloway, Judge. The defendant, W. Langworthy, was tried and convicted of violating the local option law and from a judgment and sentence to pay a fine he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice King

Defendant was charged with violating the local option liquor laws (Laws 1905, p. 41) in Tillamook County, and upon trial was convicted, and from a sentence to pay a fine, prosecutes this appeal.

1. At the trial his counsel requested the court to instruct the jury that the evidence adduced conclusively established that the local option law had never been adopted in the State of Oregon, in that the title thereto was never certified by the Secretary of State to the various county clerks, and was not placed upon the ballots used in the June, 1904, election at which the act was voted upon, and to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Straw v. HarrisOregon Supreme Court · 1909
  2. State v. RichardsonOregon Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Stevens v. BensonOregon Supreme Court · 1907
  4. State v. CochranOregon Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Palmer v. BensonOregon Supreme Court · 1907

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Allison v. Washington CountyCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1976
  3. Clayton v. Enterprise Electric Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1916
  4. State Ex Rel. McPherson v. SnellOregon Supreme Court · 1942
  5. State ex rel. Little Rock v. DonagheySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912

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