Legal Opinion
Koban v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 7, 1904Published
Appeal from Perry Circuit Court. Robert J. Dea, Judge. A valid seal does not mean that an impression be made. 21 Am. & Eng. Ene.. Daw, 882. Usage is to be considered in the interpretation of a statute. Black, Int. Daw, 216; End. Int. Stat. .31.
1Opinion of the CourtBattue, J.
Reynold Koban was accused of violating an act entitled “An act to regulate, the sale of native wine, and other purposes,” approved March 29, 1899, and was convicted and fined in the sum of $100.
So much of the act as is applicable to this case is as follows:
“Section 1. Any person who grows or'raises grapes or berries may make wine thereof and sell the same in quantities not less than one-fifth of a gallon, or in sealed bottles, anywhere in the state without license when the same has been properly labeled as provided for in section 2 of this act.” * * * '
Section 2 is as follows: “All wine sold…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. LockhardtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887