Fitch v. State

Appellant was tried and convicted on an indictment charging him with pursuing the business or occupation of selling intoxicating liquors in local option territory in violation of law and his punishment assessed at three years in the State penitentiary.

There was enacted by the Thirty-first Legislature an Act making it a felony to pursue the occupation of selling intoxicating liquors in local option territory. See p. 284, Laws of the Thirty-first Legislature. This Act is as follows: "Section 1. If any person shall engage in or pursue the occupation or business of selling intoxicating liquors…