Caldwell v. State

The special presentment charged the accused with unlawfully selling “within the limits of Wilkes county, and not within the incorporate limits of the town of Washington, Georgia, said county of Wilkes, one pint of intoxicating liquor.” This presentment was under an act approved October 3, 1889, entitled “An act to regulate the sale of intoxicating, spirituous and malt liquors in the county of Wilkes, State of Georgia, and to prescribe the punishment for violations of the provisions of this act.” Acts 1889, p. 13.50. The first section of the act provided that “it shall not be law*558ful to sell…