Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
The Court of Appeals certified, certain questions (in Case No. 10351), to which the rulings in the foregoing headnotes are answers.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. By the act approved March 28, 1917 (Acts Ex. Sess. 1917, p. 8), it was made unlawful for any person “to have, control, or possess in this State” specified kinds of liquors or beverages. In section 16 of the act it was provided: “That the punishment for any violation of any. of the provisions of this act, wherein a different punishment is not prescribed, shall be as for a misdemeanor, as provided in section 1065 of the Penal Code of 1910.” That section of the Penal Code provides: “Except where otherwise provided, every crime declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable by a fine not to exceed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Loeb v. JenningsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Whitten v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
- McDonald v. Town of LudowiciCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
- Cole v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Ex parte PhillipsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Pan-american Petroleum Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
- Hicks v. PursleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
- Kenimer v. State Ex Rel. WebbCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
- Kenimer v. State Ex Rel. WebbCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
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