Hodge v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation of selling liquor. Before Judge Robinson. City court of Wrightsville. November 25, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
1. Judicial cognizance will be taken o£ the fact that whisky is aspirituous liquor.
2. One may be convicted of selling spirituous liquors without license, in violation of the Penal Code, § 433, in a county where no such liquor is legally sold, for the reason that no one has been able to secure (as required by an act of the General Assembly applicable to that county) the written consent to the granting of a license to sell the same, signed by two thirds of the citizen freeholders living within three miles of the place at which it is proposed to sell.
3. It was not cause for a new trial that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Freeman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Boynton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
3Cited by6 opinions
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