State v. Killens
Supreme Court of Georgia
Condemnation under liquor law. Before Judge Spooner. City court of Bainbridge. June 21, 1918. A policeman and arresting officer of the City of Bainbridge, Georgia, on April 14, 1917, seized an automobile containing several bottles of malted liquors and about one half pint of alcoholic and spirituous liquors.
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Condemnation under liquor law. Before Judge Spooner. City court of Bainbridge. June 21, 1918. A policeman and arresting officer of the City of Bainbridge, Georgia, on April 14, 1917, seized an automobile containing several bottles of malted liquors and about one half pint of alcoholic and spirituous liquors. The solicitor of the city court of Bainbridge instituted proceedings in behalf of the State, to condemn the vehicle, as prescribed in section 20 of the act of the General Assembly approved March 28, 1917 (Acts Ex. Sess. 1917, p. 7), being an act to amend and supplement the prohibition…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.')
1. The city court of Bainbridge, under the provisions of section 20 of the act of 1917 referred to in the foregoing statement, had jurisdiction of the proceedings. It is declared in section 20 -of that act that “All vehicles and conveyances of every kind and description *736which are used on any of the public roads or private ways of this State, and all boats and vessels of every, kind and description which are used in any of the waters of this State, in conveying any liquors or beverages the sale or possession of which is prohibited by law, shall be seized by…
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