State v. Dix
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before W- C. Cothran, Special Judge, Allendale, special June term, 1920, and Rice, J-, Allendale, June term, 1920. Three cases tried together. Indictment against Cattie Dix, Lillie Stoney and Jim Harley, Capers Boynton and Ossie Gray for violation of the prohibition law.
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Before W- C. Cothran, Special Judge, Allendale, special June term, 1920, and Rice, J-, Allendale, June term, 1920. Three cases tried together. Indictment against Cattie Dix, Lillie Stoney and Jim Harley, Capers Boynton and Ossie Gray for violation of the prohibition law. From overruling of demurrers to the indictments, and the refusal to quash the indictments, the defendants appeal. cites: The Act of 1917 (30 Stats. 69, 169) was repealed by the enactment of the Eighteenth Amendment (253 U. S. 350, 64 L. Ed. 946, 40 Sup. Ct. 486.) And the clause in that amendment permitting the States to pass…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chies Justice Gary,
For the reasons stated in the case of the State v. Bill Hartley, 115 S. C. 523, 106 S. E. 766, in which the opinion has just been filed, the appeal in each of said cases is dismissed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. HartleySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1921