Mackin v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County. The appellant was indicted in the Court below for a violation of the Act of 1882, ch. 92, known as the Local Option Law for Harford County, in selling and giving away certain spirituous liquor.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County. The appellant was indicted in the Court below for a violation of the Act of 1882, ch. 92, known as the Local Option Law for Harford County, in selling and giving away certain spirituous liquor. The indictment is similar to that in the case of Slymer vs. State, (ante, page 23?.) The traverser took only one exception, which was to the admission in evidence of the certificate of the judges of election, which showed the number of votes cast at the election for and against the said Act of 1882, ch. 92. The objections to the certificate as evidence…
1Opinion of the CourtIrving, J.
The indictment in this case is exactly like that in Slymer vs. The State, which has just been decided. This case comes to us on appeal, and not by writ of error, therefore the demurrers are not before us for review; but if they were, what we have said in Slymer’s Gase is applicable here and would fully dispose of them. At the trial, the State, as evidence, that the law of 1882, ch. 92, had been submitted to the people of Harford County, and, that at the election held, a large majority of the votes cast had been cast in favor of the law, offered in evidence the certificate of the judges of…
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