Legal Opinion

Hawks v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1911No. 21,938PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Prom Elkhart Circuit Court; James S. Drake, Judge. Prosecution by The State of Indiana against Lewis Hawks. Prom a judgment of conviction, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.

Appellant, a druggist and licensed pharmacist, was tried by the court below, without the intervention of a jury, for selling a quart of whisky without a physician’s prescription therefor, or an application written and signed by the purchaser, in violation of §2 of the act of 1907 (Acts 1907 p. 689, §8352 Burns 1908). Prom a conviction in the trial court he appeals, and assigns error on the action of that court in overruling his motion to quash the affidavit on which he was tried and in overruling his motion for a new trial.

To the extent that the motion to quash and the ruling thereon are…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ryan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1910

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Leach v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Hay v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Smith v. BoyerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
  4. Ward v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Gilmore v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1912

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