Higgins v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal as upon Writ of Error, from the Circuit Court for,'Caroline County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
This case is brought into this Court upon assignment of error, supposed to have been committed by the Court below in overruling a demurrer to the indictment against the plaintiff in error.
The indictment was for selling spirituous liquors in the sixth, formerly the third, election district of Caroline County, in violation of the provisions of the local Act of 1876, ch. 188, known as the Local Option Law of Caroline County. Upon the demurrer being overruled, the traverser pleaded not guilty, and, upon trial before the Court,, rvas found guilty and sentenced.
By the Act of 1876, just referred to,…
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