Fort v. Brinkley
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court; Eugene Lankford, Judge; statement by the court. P. W. Fort was on the 21st day of October, 1907, tried and fined by T. H. Jackson, mayor of the city of Brinkley, for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, known as Fort’s Tonic, and in addition to the fine imposed upon the appellant his license to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas was revoked.
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court; Eugene Lankford, Judge; statement by the court. P. W. Fort was on the 21st day of October, 1907, tried and fined by T. H. Jackson, mayor of the city of Brinkley, for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, known as Fort’s Tonic, and in addition to the fine imposed upon the appellant his license to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas was revoked. Fort appealed from that portion of the judgment' revoking his license to practice medicine, and the cause was submitted to the Monroe Circuit Court, sitting as a jury, upon the following agreed statement of…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). There is nothing in the contention of appellant that the mayor of the city of Brinkley had no authority to revoke his license because the prosecution was had for a violation of the liquor laws of the State, and not for a violation of a city ordinance. The mayor has the same jurisdiction to hear and determine cases within the limits of his jurisdiction under the criminal laws of the State as has a justice of the peace. Kirby’s Digest, § 5590; Marianna v. Vincent, 68 Ark. 244. Section 5247 of Kirby’s Digest provides that “when.ever any physician and surgeon or person…
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