Jones v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Geneva County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Henry Jones was tried and convicted on a charge of having in his possession prohibited liquors, as defined by the prohibition laws of the state, and from his conviction he appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Geneva County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Henry Jones was tried and convicted on a charge of having in his possession prohibited liquors, as defined by the prohibition laws of the state, and from his conviction he appeals. The Legislature could not make it an offense for the defendant to have in his possession after a given date that which it was lawful for him to have prior to that date; in fact, Acts 1909, p. 1, did not repeal in this respect the Act of 1915, and, if it did, it was violative of the Bill of Rights. 164 Ala. 599, 51 South. 246, 26 L. R. A. (N. S.) 394;…
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
The following are the facts upon which the cause was tried:
“It is agreed by and between tbe solicitor, and tbe attorney representing tbe defendant and tbe defendant in bis own proper person that this cause be submitted to be tried by Hon. II. A. Pearce, judge, a jury being waived, and that the following are the facts, viz.: On the second Sunday in October,. 1919, the sheriff of Geneva county, Ala., having in Ms possession a warrant to search the premises of Henry Jones, went to his residence in this county, and after making diligent search found sitting in the bedroom of the said defendant…
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