Taylor v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe County Court of Bibb. Tried before tbe Hon. M. H. Thompson. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. cited, Pilgreen v. Slate, 71 Ala. 368; Morgan v. State, 81 Ala. 72; Amos v. State, 73 Ala. 498; Coker v. State, 91 Ala. 92; Pelham v. State.
1Opinion of the CourtCharpe, J.
— A special statute, approved February 2-8,1881 (Acts 1.880-81, p. 187) makes tbe sale of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors in Bibb county a misdemeanor. A sale completed which, passes title to tbe liquor as between the parties to tbe contract is within *25its terms. Tbe sale of such, intoxicating liquors is the mischief intended by the law-makers to be suppressed and the act of selling without regard to the ownership of the seller comes within, the spirit as well as the letter of the prohibition.
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