Wilson v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court; Geo. B. Haynie, Judge; 1. ■ Witness Morris was not an accomplice. The instruction on the question of accomplice is correct. 64 Ark '253. 2. Our prohibition law is constitutional. 156 IT. S. 1; 226 Id. 192; 152 Id. 133; 211 Id. 31; 232 Id. 138; 187 Id. 607; 225 Id. 623; 226 Id. 192; 69 So. 652; 210 Fed. 378; 33 Me. 558; 54 Am. Dec. 639; 205 U. S. 93; 68 So. 993; 179 Ala. 51; 177 Id. 149; 8 App. Ct.
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Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court; Geo. B. Haynie, Judge; 1. ■ Witness Morris was not an accomplice. The instruction on the question of accomplice is correct. 64 Ark '253. 2. Our prohibition law is constitutional. 156 IT. S. 1; 226 Id. 192; 152 Id. 133; 211 Id. 31; 232 Id. 138; 187 Id. 607; 225 Id. 623; 226 Id. 192; 69 So. 652; 210 Fed. 378; 33 Me. 558; 54 Am. Dec. 639; 205 U. S. 93; 68 So. 993; 179 Ala. 51; 177 Id. 149; 8 App. Ct. Rep. 386; 62 So. 365; 67 Id. 651; 82 Kan. 756; 109 Pac. 183; 140 Id. 49; 109 G-a. 373; 47 L. R. A. 36; 77 Am. St. 384; 83 S. W. 254.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellant was twice indicted and convicted for a violation of Act No. 30 of the Acts of 1915, page 98. This is the act which prohibits the issuance of liquor license and makes the sale of intoxicating liquors a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the State penitentiary for a period of one year. The cases have been briefed and argued together, and as the issues are identical, we dispose of them as a single case.
Appellant questions, first, the' sufficiency of the evidence. Upon this question it may be said that two witnesses, one named Arnold and another named Morris, testified in each case…
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