Bridgeforth v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Morgan Law and'Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. (This case was reviewed by the Supreme Court on certiorari to the Court of Appeals, and the writ denied. See Ex parteBridgeforth v. The -State, 198 Ala., 74 South. 1005.) Robert Bridgeforth, Junior, was convicted of violating the prohibition law and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The affidavit or complaint on which the defendant was tried charges in the language of the statute then in force that he “sold, offered for sale, kept for sale, or otherwise disposed of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, contrary to law.” —Acts Spec. Sess. 1909, p. 90, § 291/2.(1) The demurrer takes the point that the alternative averment, “or otherwise disposed of,” is so indefinite and uncertain in meaning as not to charge an act denounced by the statute with that certainty required by good pleading. There is some force in this point, and the demurrer would be well taken if the statute…
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