Camp v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. G-eorge D. Shortridge. This indictment was found at the August term, 1854, and was in the general form allowed by the Code (§ 1059.) On the trial, as the bill of exceptions states, “ the State proved, by one Matthew Patton, that in the month of July, 1854, he bought a drink of whiskey from the defendant, and paid him ten cents for it; and that said whiskey was so bought in the town of Elyton, in the county of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. G-eorge D. Shortridge. This indictment was found at the August term, 1854, and was in the general form allowed by the Code (§ 1059.) On the trial, as the bill of exceptions states, “ the State proved, by one Matthew Patton, that in the month of July, 1854, he bought a drink of whiskey from the defendant, and paid him ten cents for it; and that said whiskey was so bought in the town of Elyton, in the county of Jefferson. The defendant then introduced and read the act of the legislature of this State, approved December 16th,…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
The act of December 16th, 1851, entitled “ an act to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors in the town of Elyton”, is a law of a local nature, operating only in that • town and within two miles thereof; and is, therefore, expressly continued in force by section 10 of the Code.
The provisions of this act, and the provisions of the Code upon the subject of retailing without a license, are inconsistent with each other, and cannot operate together within the same territorial limits. The effect of that section of the Code which continues this act in force, is, to except the town of Elyton, and…
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