Feibelman v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the I-Ion. Samuel E. Greene. The appellant was indicted ,tried and convicted “for selling, spirituous, vinous and malt liquors without a license and contrary to law.”
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the I-Ion. Samuel E. Greene. The appellant was indicted ,tried and convicted “for selling, spirituous, vinous and malt liquors without a license and contrary to law.” The statute under which the indictment was drawn prohibited the selling of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors or intoxicating bitters or beverages within three miles of Buhama Baptist Church, East Lake, Jefferson county (Acts of 1880-81, p. 156). It was shown on the trial of the case that the defendant, at East Lake, within three miles of Buhama Baptist church, sold 'a…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
The appellant was indicted for selling vinous, spirituous, or malt liquor in violation of a local prohibition statute. The trial was had before the judge of the Jefferson criminal court without a jury, and the defendant was found and adjudged guilty. The evidence tended to show that the defendant sold a liquor called “hop jack” within the prohibitory district, and that this hop jack was a malt liquor. The conclusion of the judge on the evidence was excepted, to and is here assigned as error. We know of no statute authorizing this court to review conclusions of fact reached by the judge of the…
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