Dunlap v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; Wm. E. Fort, Judge. F. S. Dunlap was convicted of operating a penny-in-the-slot machine without a license, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
Section 1, subsec. 62, of the revenue law (Acts 1915, p. 509) provides a license “for each penny-in-the-slot machine $5.00.” Section 1 of the act requires the payment of the amount of the license, and section 7 provides a penalty for violating the requirements of the law. The prosecution was begun by affidavit, and on the trial in the circuit court the solicitor filed an information based upon the affidavit, and properly charging the offense; to this information the defendant filed demurrer, raising the question of the constitutionality of the section under which the proceedings were had. In…
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