Manis v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
EJROM HAWKINS. Circuit Court. Before E. E. GilleNWATERS, J. The evidence in the case of "Wilson Johnson was as follows: “I bought some liquor of the defendant on the 13th day of May, 1871. It was on the day of an election. I got the liquor from the defendant at his house, where he kept it to sell; he lived about one mile, or one mile and a quarter from the election ground; got some liquor in the morning and some in the evening.
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EJROM HAWKINS. Circuit Court. Before E. E. GilleNWATERS, J. The evidence in the case of "Wilson Johnson was as follows: “I bought some liquor of the defendant on the 13th day of May, 1871. It was on the day of an election. I got the liquor from the defendant at his house, where he kept it to sell; he lived about one mile, or one mile and a quarter from the election ground; got some liquor in the morning and some in the evening. Got the liquor in the morning, and went to the election ground; when he got there the polls were open, but could not say whether they were when he bought the liquor;…
1Opinion of the CourtTurNEY, J.
By statute of 1869-70, c. 22, s. 4, it is enacted “That no liquor shop in this State shall be kept open on election days, nor shall any person, on said days, give or. sell intoxicating liquors to any person, for any *316purpose, at or near an election ground:” Shankland’s Stat., 108.
By s. 3, c. 53, of Acts of 1869-70, “That all persons convicted under the 4th section of Acts of 1869-70, c. 22, passed December 1, 1869, of which this is amendatory, shall be punished by fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred, or by imprisonment in the county jail at the discretion of the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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