Legal Opinion
McCaffrey v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 11, 1937No. 11671PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bussell, Chief Justice.
Leo McCaffrey was tried in the criminal court of Atlanta, upon an accusation charging him with selling “beer and alcoholic beverages within one hundred yards of the school ground of Lula L. Kingsbery School in the City of Atlanta, said State and county.” Upon arraignment and before pleading not guilty, the defendant demurred and moved to quash the accusation, on the grounds (1) that it fails to set forth any offense under the laws of this State, (2) that it is insufficient in law, for that section 15B of the “malt-beverage act” (Ga. L. 1935, p. 73), under which the…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Crabb v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Elliott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Prothro & Kendall v. OrrSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
- Harbin v. HolcombSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
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3Cited by11 opinions
- McKown v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- City of Chamblee v. Village of North AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Cone v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Capitol Distributing Co. v. RedwineSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
- Black v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
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