Legal Opinion

State v. Cunningham

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 22, 1912No. 19,174Published

J. P. Cunningham and another were convicted of unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, and applied for writs of certiorari and prohibition. Denied, and proceeding dismissed.

1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.

The relators in this case were-charged with having on August 15, 1911, retailed spirituous and intoxicating liquors in the-*761“prohibition” parish of Caddo, without having previously obtained a license, and, a like charge having been made as to an offense copimitted on August Oth, the two cases, involving, save •as to dates, the same facts and the same question of law, were consolidated for the purposes of trial and were argued as one in this court. In the one case, however, the sentence imposed gave the defendants a right of appeal to this court. In the instant case, the sentence was lighter,…

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  1. State v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912

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