Dollar v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Erom the County Court of Shelby. Tried before the Hon. Jno. S. Leepeb. Two exceptions only were reserved by the defendant in this case on the trial, each of which was to the overruling of his objections to remarks made by the solicitor in his closing argument to the jury.
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Erom the County Court of Shelby. Tried before the Hon. Jno. S. Leepeb. Two exceptions only were reserved by the defendant in this case on the trial, each of which was to the overruling of his objections to remarks made by the solicitor in his closing argument to the jury. The first of these exceptions is stated in the opinion of the court, and the other is thus stated in the bill of exceptions: “The defendant’s counsel having stated, in his argument to the jury, that they could not convict the defendant of the simple offense of selling liquor without license, as he was not charged with that…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
Appellant was prosecuted and tried for selling liquor to a minor, contrary to the statute. The evidence of the State tended to show that defendant sold the minor a pint of whiskey in Columbiana, Shelby county, within twelve months before the beginning .of the prosecution. The solicitor, in his closing argument to the jury, used the following language : “I don’t know why it is, but Columbiana is worse cursed with the illegal sale of whiskey of any place I know of. Columbiana is trying to build up a school here, and who do you suppose would send his children to school in a place Where there is…
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