Coates v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Mike Sollie. Jeff Coates was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and be appeals. Tbe charges requested by tbe defendant were as follows : “There is no proof in this case that tbe defendant kept for sale in Henry county spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors.” “(2) There is no proof in this case that tbe defendant kept for sale, or to be otherwise disposed of, spirituous, vinous, or' malt liquors.”
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Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Mike Sollie. Jeff Coates was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and be appeals. Tbe charges requested by tbe defendant were as follows : “There is no proof in this case that tbe defendant kept for sale in Henry county spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors.” “(2) There is no proof in this case that tbe defendant kept for sale, or to be otherwise disposed of, spirituous, vinous, or' malt liquors.” It was incompetent to show7 that whisky was seen at tbe depot in Eufaula shipped to tbe defendant.- — Handley v. The State, 58 South. 96.…
1Opinion of the Court
PELHAM, J. —
The defendant was convicted of a violation of the prohibition laws.
The rulings on the motion to exclude certain portions of the testimony of -the witness Morgan Clark are not presented in a way to raise the question of the correctness of the court’s action in overruling the motion. As set out in the bill of exceptions, the motion is shown to have been made after the witness testified to these matters in response to questions, and no objection is shown to the questions. In fact, the witness is shown to have testified to the matters without objection. The defendant cannot put the…
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- Dowling v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
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