Flower v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Perry Circuit Court. Hon. J. M. Smith, Circuit Judge. Appellant sold whisky and threw in the powder. This was a mere subterfuge to evade the law.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Elower was indicted for selling ardent liquors without license, pleaded not guilty, and on a trial before a jury was convicted. The proof showed that he kept a drug store in Perryville; that one Cook went to him, complained of feeling unwell, and stated that in his opinion it was whisky that he needed. After some hesitation, Elower delivered to him a pint of whisky, and also a saline powder, for which Cook paid him fifty cents.
Under the license act of March 8, 1879, druggists are not permitted to sell ardent spirits without a license — not even as medicine upon the prescription of a…
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