Lawson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Hale County Court. Heard before Hon. W. C. Christian. Nim Lawson Avas convicted of selling liquor without a license, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Hale County Court. Heard before Hon. W. C. Christian. Nim Lawson Avas convicted of selling liquor without a license, and he appeals. The indictment in this case contained two counts, as follows: The first that Nim Lawson did, within the county of Hale, in the state of Alabama, sell spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors Avithout a license and contrary to law; second, that Nim Lawson did, Avithin the county of Hale, in the state of Alabama, sell, give away to, or procure for E. R. Britton, or did aid the said E. R. Brit-ton in procuring, vinous, spirituous, or malt liquors, and…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
The attack made by demurrer on the form of the indictment has been determined against the defendant in the case of Jones v. State, 136 Ala. 118, 34 South. 236, following and reaffirming the case, of Noles v. State, 24 Ala. 672. Appellant’s counsel concede this, and say in their brief that they feel some “trepidation in presenting by the demurrer a proposition that this *97court has more than once held unsound.” We are satisfied with the reasoning employed in the cases cited, upon which the form of the indictment was approved, and we have not been shown that those cases should be overturned. We…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Noles v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
3Cited by4 opinions
- Adkins v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- Spigener v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1914
- Adkins v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- Hurst v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1944