Adams v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Eastern District. Felix G. Taylor, Judge. There is no evidence to sustain the verdict. It failed to show that appellant owned, controlled, or used the house in which it was alleged the liquor was sold. Proof of a sale at another house is not sufficient. 62 Ark. 459. The evidence is sufficient under sections 4881 and 4882, Sand. & H. Dig.
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
The statute upon which the prosecution in this-case is based was enacted to prevent the clandestine sale of intoxicating liquors, and is directed against persons owning and controlling houses in which such liquors are kept for sale. It makes it a misdemeanor for any person owning, using, or controlling any house or tenement to keep or allow to be kept therein for sale or to be given away any ardent, vinous, malt, or fermented liquors. Sand. & H. Dig., § 4881.
The indictment, following the statute, charges that the defendant, being the owner, user, and controller of a certain house, known as…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jenks v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
- Commonwealth v. LaveryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
3Cited by4 opinions
- Carleton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
- Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1932
- Houston v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899