Lee v. State

Russeu,, Chief Justice.

The defendant was accused of the offense of a misdemeanor, for that in the County of Troup, on February 18, 1936, he “did then and there unlawfully distribute, deal in, sell, and barter, for valuable consideration, malt beverages, to wit: beer, without obtaining a license therefor contrary to law.” The defendant filed a demurrer to the accusation, attacking it a's a whole upon the ground that it did not charge the commission of any offense, because, as contended in the demurrer, the alcoholic-beverage control act of March 22; 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 327), and the beer and…