R. M. Rose Co. v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Constitutional questions; from Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals certifies to the Supreme Court that a decision of the following questions, within the purview of the constitutional amendment creating the Court of Appeals, is necessary to the proper determination of the case, to wit: 1. “Is section 438 of the Penal Code of Georgia unconstitutional and void as being repugnant to art. 1, sec. 8, par. 3 (Civil Code, §5974), of the constitution of the United States, in that…
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Constitutional questions; from Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals certifies to the Supreme Court that a decision of the following questions, within the purview of the constitutional amendment creating the Court of Appeals, is necessary to the proper determination of the case, to wit: 1. “Is section 438 of the Penal Code of Georgia unconstitutional and void as being repugnant to art. 1, sec. 8, par. 3 (Civil Code, §5974), of the constitution of the United States, in that said section of the Penal Code contains a prohibition of lawful interstate commerce and is a burden thereon; also, is…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
In the view which we take, an answer to the last question propounded by the Court of Appeals controls the whole ease. Did the criminal accusation set out an offense punishable by the laws of Georgia? The defendant, a non-resident company doing business in the State of Tennessee, sent from that State through the United States mail a circular letter to a resident of Georgia, advertising intoxicating liquors for sale in Tennessee. In this State there is a law prohibiting the sale of such liquors. The defendant was prosecuted under the Penal Code, §428, which is as follows: “If any person shall…
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