State v. Raiford
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit court of Benton county. Indictment for retailing spirituous liquors without license. The indictment ran thus: “That James Raiford, late of said county, on the sixth clay of May, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, in the county aforesaid, did then and there sell spirituous liquors in less quantities than one quart, without license, to one William D. Kelly, and to divers other persons, whose names were to the jurors aforesaid…
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Error to the Circuit court of Benton county. Indictment for retailing spirituous liquors without license. The indictment ran thus: “That James Raiford, late of said county, on the sixth clay of May, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, in the county aforesaid, did then and there sell spirituous liquors in less quantities than one quart, without license, to one William D. Kelly, and to divers other persons, whose names were to the jurors aforesaid unknown, contrary to the acts of the general assembly in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of…
1Opinion of the Court
ORMOND, J,
— There is no doubt that there is more propriety in writing the year or the day of the month, whenever it is necessary to state either, in the caption or the body of the indictment, than to insert the Arabic characters now in use; as writing is less liable to alteration, and more certain. But the contrary practice has prevailed so long, that it would be unwise now to disturb it. The ancient rule, doubtless, liad its origin in those days, when all plea lings were required to be in 1.. tin, — as we learn from 3 Bacon, 573, that Roman numerals will .answer. At all events, it would…
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