Legal Opinion

Sadler v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1910PublishedCited by 6 opinions

FROM DAVIDSON. 'Appeal in error from the Criminal Court of Davidson County. — W. M. Hart, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

delivered tbe opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of selling intoxicating liquor within four miles of a schoolhouse, was fined and sentenced to six months in jail, and has brought his case to this court.

No assignment of error upon the facts is made here, it being conceded that the evidence is sufficient to sustain the verdict.

On the trial below, a plea in abatement was interposed by the defendant there, which plea was demurred to by the State, and the demurrer sustained.

Two grounds of the plea in abatement are relied on as errors here and properly assigned.

The first is…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. KimballSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
  2. State v. BaconMississippi Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Richardson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
  4. State v. LewisTennessee Supreme Court · 1888

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. FarmerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
  2. Lebowitch v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  3. Vermilye v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
  4. Mendolia v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Tiller v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1980

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