Alston v. State

Appellant Alston was permanently enjoined from operating liis cafe where beer was sold and from further operation of his adjoining dance hall located in the town of Altus, Arkansas. From the findings of the Franklin Circuit Court that appellant’s operations constituted a public nuisance and the judgment abating this nuisance, comes this appeal.

On February 21, 1949, the Prosecuting Attorney of the Fifteenth Judicial District, proceeding under Ark. Stats. (1947), §§ 34-101 et seq., filed a “Petition for Closing Order” alleging that appellant’s establishment, known as “Jim Jack’s Place” was…