Legal Opinion

Turner v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided February 1, 1916PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Walker Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. J. Curtis. Will Turner was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

(1, 2) The defendant was indicted at the August term, 1914, of the Walker county circuit court for selling “malt liquors contrary to law,” and was tried at the April term, 1915. The demurrer to the indictment, if one was interposed, is not set out in the record, and no ruling on demurrer is shown in the judgment of the court; hence, the argument of counsel predicated on such assumed ruling is inapt. The indictment was sufficient as charging the offense of selling malt liquors and to sustain the judgment of conviction.—Acts Special Session 1909, p. 90, § 291/2; Arrington v. State, 13 Ala. App.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bush v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
  2. Arrington v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
  3. Harrison v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
  4. Whaley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Tyler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1969
  2. Porter v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916

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