Hanlon v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Saline Circuit Court. J. B. Wood, Judge. 1. The penalties prescribed by the Revenue Act are suspended in the prohibited districts where no license can be issued.
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APPEAL from Saline Circuit Court. J. B. Wood, Judge. 1. The penalties prescribed by the Revenue Act are suspended in the prohibited districts where no license can be issued. See argument and authorities cited in brief in Mazzia's case, ante. 2. There was no evidence upon which to base the instruction that the fact that the officials of Hot Springs allowed defendant to carry on the business and collected money from him for the privilege, was not a justification for a violation of the law. The instruction was abstract and misleading. 3. The testimony of railroad and transfer agents as to…
1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.
1. Liquors: Dealing in: Penalty in. pro Inhibition district. The appellant was convicted of carrying on the business of a liquor seller without a license in territory where the local option law was in force. He contends that the penalties of the law creating the offence are not in force in such territory. We have determined otherwise in Mazzia v. State, ante.
2. Same: Instruction. At the trial the court instructed the jury that the fact, that the officials of the city of Hot Springs, where the of-fence was charged to have been committed, may have allowed the defendant to carry on the business…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Lyman v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Leslie v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
- Gage v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916