Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided January 28, 1910No. 21,460PublishedCited by 15 opinions

From Wabash Circuit Court; A. H. Plummer, Judge. Prosecution by The State of Indiana against Gilbert Williams. From a judgment for defendant, the State appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.

An election was held in Wabash county on December 29, 1908, under the act of September 26, 1908 *415(Acts 1908 [s. s.], p. 4), at which a majority of the legal votes cast were in favor of prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage in that county. Appellee, on November 3, 1908, had been granted a license for the sale of intoxicating liquors for the term of one year. The local option statute passed both houses of the legislature on September 26, 1908. The acts were published and were circulated in the several counties November 20, 1908, and the Governor’s proclamation so made.…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Burgess v. SalmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Noel v. EwingIndiana Supreme Court · 1857
  3. Ex parte LucasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
  4. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  5. State v. MountsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892

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3Cited by15 opinions

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  2. Myron Herrick v. David Knight Sayler, Administrator, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
  3. Wells v. ChildersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1945
  4. Board of Education v. MorganIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
  5. In Re Opinions of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933

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