State v. Swisher
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Hays. It did not appear from the transcript who presided in the Court below. The Act of the Legislature referred to in the Opinion, was as follows: An Act regulating and restricting the Sale of Spirituous Liquors.
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Appeal from Hays. It did not appear from the transcript who presided in the Court below. The Act of the Legislature referred to in the Opinion, was as follows: An Act regulating and restricting the Sale of Spirituous Liquors. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature oí the State of Texas, That from and after the passage of this Act, there shall he no more license issued or granted to any person or firm in this State, authorizing said person or firm to sell spirituous or vinous liquors in less quantity than one quart, from and after the first Monday of August next, unless a majority of the…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
A bill was found by the grand jury of Hays county, on the 18th October, 1854, against Swisher for retailing whiskey in a less quantity than one quart, on the 10th day of October, without having a license. To this bill Swisher filed a general demurrer, which was sustained by the Court; and the State appealed.
We are not apprised of the particular grounds of objection to the indictment, on which the Court below based its judgment in sustaining the demurrer, but presume it was on the constitutionality of the Act of the Legislature of the 11th Feb., 1854, regulating and restricting the sale of…
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