Legal Opinion

Newman v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 15, 1879PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Criminal law. Indictment. Before Judge Crawpordc Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1879. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Justice.

The special presentment charged Newman, the plaintiff' in error, with a misdemeanor, and proceeded to allege that on March the 20th; 1879, in Muscogee county, he unlawfully “did permit persons in his employ, to the jurors unknown, to sell to one C. B. Loyd, a minor son of Mary E. Loyd, a quantity of spirituous liquors, to-wit, one-half gill, without first obtaining the authority of the said Mary E. Loyd, the mother of the said C. B. Loyd, contrary to the laws,” etc. Before plea, the prisoner demurred, on the ground “that no offense or violation of the laws of this *534state was…

2Cited by17 opinions

  1. Chelsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Rumph v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  3. Gower v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944
  4. Arrington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  5. Hunter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908

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