Davis v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Newton Circuit Court. R. H. Powell, Judge. STATEMENT. The defendant was indicted for selling intoxicating liquors without a license. The indictment charged that on the eighth day of February, 1887, he “ unlawfully did sell and was unlawfully interested in the sale of, one pint of alcoholic, ardent and vinous liquors and intoxicating spirits, without having first procured/’ etc.
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APPEAL from Newton Circuit Court. R. H. Powell, Judge. STATEMENT. The defendant was indicted for selling intoxicating liquors without a license. The indictment charged that on the eighth day of February, 1887, he “ unlawfully did sell and was unlawfully interested in the sale of, one pint of alcoholic, ardent and vinous liquors and intoxicating spirits, without having first procured/’ etc. He filed a motion to require the State to elect for which offense she would prosecute, alleging that the indictment charged him with the offense of selling alcoholic liquors, of selling ardent liquors, of…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION.
Cockrill, C. J.
The rulings of the circuit court on the objections to the indictment come within the principle of the case of Thompson v. State, 37 Ark., 408. That, part of the charge to the jury complained of is without objection and was approved in Gostorf v. State, 39 Ark., 456, 460.
Affirmed.
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