Kemp v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictments for selling liquor without license. Before Judge Overstreet. City court of Sylvania. February 1, 1904. ' There were two cases against Kemp. In the first the unlawful sale of liquor was alleged to have been made to Hub Bazemore, and the evidence showed that Braboy had acted as agent for him in making the purchase from the defendant.
Read the full summary
Indictments for selling liquor without license. Before Judge Overstreet. City court of Sylvania. February 1, 1904. ' There were two cases against Kemp. In the first the unlawful sale of liquor was alleged to have been made to Hub Bazemore, and the evidence showed that Braboy had acted as agent for him in making the purchase from the defendant. In the second case it appeared that Woodberry acted as agent in buying the liquor from Kemp for Hub Bazemore and R. H. Bazemore, to whom the indictment charged the sale had been made. The indictments in both cases were substantially the same, and…
1Opinion of the CourtLamaR, J.
The act of 1874 (Acts 1874, p. 403) did not contain two subjects, but provided a new method for obtaining licenses to sell any sort of liquor in Screven county, and expressly repealed the prior and inconsistent act of 1873 (Acts 1873, p. 288), regulating the sale of spirituous liquors only. But whether one or the other of these two acts, or that approved August 11, 1881 (Acts 1880 — 1, p. 593), was of force, was immaterial and afforded no support to the defendant’s contention that he could not be indicted under the general law (Penal Code, § 431) if there was in existence a special law on the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hancock v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Wells v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Hawks v. SailorsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Blake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
3Cited by5 opinions
- Anderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Barlow v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Reddick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914
- Colbert v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
- Sowell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906