Intoxicating-Liquor Cases
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Leavenworth District Court, etc. Eight cases, heard and considered together in this court in'June, 1881. These cases are as follows: May 23, 1881, were filed in the district court of Leavenworth county four informations, one thereof (No. 2278 ) charging that — “S. H. Holmes, a druggist at said county of Leavenworth and within the jurisdiction of this court, on the 19th day of May, 1881, did unlawfully, in the city of Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and…
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Appeal from, Leavenworth District Court, etc. Eight cases, heard and considered together in this court in'June, 1881. These cases are as follows: May 23, 1881, were filed in the district court of Leavenworth county four informations, one thereof (No. 2278 ) charging that — “S. H. Holmes, a druggist at said county of Leavenworth and within the jurisdiction of this court, on the 19th day of May, 1881, did unlawfully, in the city of Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and state of Kansas, at his place of business in his store situate on lots 1, 2 and 3 in block 27, Clark & Rees’s addition…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
These cases present for our consideration some inquiries concerning the prohibitory law of last winter. (Laws 1881, ch. 128.) These inquiries relate to that portion of the statute which attempts to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors for medical, scientific and mechanical purposes. Nothing is said as to that portion which prohibits the manufacture or sale of such liquors for use as a beverage. That, for the purposes of these cases, is conceded to be constitutional and valid. And in reference to that which regulates, two distinct…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. BancroftSupreme Court of Kansas · 1879
- Holmes v. . CarleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- State v. LafferSupreme Court of Iowa · 1874
- In re JohnsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873
- Russell v. SloanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1861
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- Gottstein v. ListerWashington Supreme Court · 1915
- Roberts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
- Marks v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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