Jones v. Hicks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Habeas corpus. Before Judge Guerry. City court of Macon. January 31, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
Jones was arrested under a bench warrant issued by the judge of the city court of Macon, based upon an •accusation charging him with violating the prohibition law of this State on January 21, 1920. He filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus, based upon the ground that the eighteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States, which was ratified on January 16, 1920, and the "national prohibition act,” known as the Yolstead act, superseded and abrogated all State laws on the subject covered by said eighteenth amendment, and that therefore, at the time this defendant is alleged to…
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