Bridges v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Franklin Circuit Court. Hon. W. D. Jacoway, Circuit Judge. . STATEMENT. At the November term, 1880, of the Circuit Court of Franklin county.
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APPEAL from Franklin Circuit Court. Hon. W. D. Jacoway, Circuit Judge. . STATEMENT. At the November term, 1880, of the Circuit Court of Franklin county. Bridges was. indicted for Sabbath-breaking, as follows: “The grand jury of Franklin county, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, accuse L. S. Bridges of the crime of Sabbath-breaking, committed as follows, to-wit: The said L. S. Bridges, on the fourteenth day of March, 1880, in the county and State aforesaid, the said day being Sunday, unlawfully did sell one pint of whisky to one A. J. Nichols, against the peace and…
1Opinion of the Court
' Harrison, J.
But one offense was charged in the in•dictment. It was alleged to have been committed in two modes, in distinct counts, the first charging it to have been by selling, on Sunday, the fourteenth day of March, 1880, a pint of whisky; the second, by selling, on the same day, a pint of alcohol. See Howard v. The State, 34 Ark., 433.
The indictment was under Sec. 1618 of Gantt’s Digest, which is as follows :
“Every person who shall oil Sunday keep open any store, or retail any goods, wares or merchandise, or keep open any dram-shop or grocery, or sell or retail any spirits or wine,…
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