Legal Opinion
Brown v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 24, 1920No. 10351PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Certiorari; from Chatham superior court—Judge Meldrim. December 20, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
In answer to certain questions certified to it in this ease, the Supreme Court said (149 Ga. 816, 102 S. E. 449) :
“1. By the act approved March 28, 1917 (Acts Ex. Sess. 1917, 8), it was made unlawful for any person ‘to have, control, or possess in this State’ specified kinds of liquors or beverages. In section 16 of the act it was provided: ‘that the punishment for any violation of any of the provisions of this act, wherein a different punishment is not prescribed, shall be as for a misdemeanor, as provided in section 1065 of the Penal Code of 1910.’ That section of the Penal Code provides:…
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