Deal v. State

The plaintiff in error was jointly indicted with three others for selling intoxicating liquor to one Register, and excepts to a judgment overruling his motion for a new trial. The evidence shows that the accused was the manager of a social club in the city of Valdosta, which had paid the tax required by. section 17 of the general tax act of 1909, and registered with the ordinary of the county as required by the provisions of that act. The club was conducted in connection with and as a part of a fraternal order, called the Valdosta Nest 1461 of the Order of Owls. The Order of Owls is a secret…