Mason v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of unlawful sale of liquor, from city court of Swainsboro — Judge Mitchell. February 11, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
In 1877 a local act vas passed making it penal to sell “spirituous or intoxicating liquors,,schnapps, or bitters,” within three miles of the Masonic Academy in the town of Swainsboro, Emanuel county (Acts 1877, p. 189). The defendant was convicted under an accusation charging that he “did sell in Swainsboro, Georgia, within and in less than one mile of the Masonic Academy, for valuable consideration, a certain quantity of intoxicating liquor, commonly known as Rutona.” Upon the trial the State proved, by several witnesses, that they had bought Rutona of the defendant at his drug-store in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Intoxicating-Liquor CasesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
- Sessions v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Mayor of Smithville v. Dispensary CommissionersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Colwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Murphy v. Mayor of WaycrossSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
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