Young v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Dale. Tried before Hon. H. D. Clayton. The opinion states the case. 1. All criminal statutes must be strictly construed, and can can not be extended by construction, and this strict rule of construction would certainly give the words “sell” and “give,” in the Code of 1876, § 420, their common import and signification.
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Dale. Tried before Hon. H. D. Clayton. The opinion states the case. 1. All criminal statutes must be strictly construed, and can can not be extended by construction, and this strict rule of construction would certainly give the words “sell” and “give,” in the Code of 1876, § 420, their common import and signification. See Crosby v. Hawthorn, 25 Ala. 221; Bettis v. Taylor, 8 Port. 564; Bartlett & Waring v. Morris, 9 Port. 266; Thurman v. State, 18 Ala. 276. 2. The defendant in this case acted in the capacity of Blackwood’s agent. — See Story on Agency, 8th ed. § 3.…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
Defendant, at the request of one Black-wood, whom he knew to be a person of intemperate habits, *359received from him one dollar, and under bis promise that defendant might have any surplus of the money, bought of a dealer in liquors one bottle of whiskey, and carried and delivered it to Blackwood. Being indicted and convicted for this, under section 4205 of the Code of 1876, defendant here insists that the circuit judge erred in charging the jury that upon evidence of these facts, and of the venue, they should find the defendant guilty.
The statute declares, that “ any person, whether with or…
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