State v. Briggs
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Utah. County; Hon. A. B. Morgan, Judge. Lawrence Briggs was convicted of crime, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
The appellant was prosecuted and convi,cted in the justice’s court of American Fork precinct for having unlawfully sold intoxicating liquors. He appealed to the district court of Utah County, and upon a trial to a jury was again convicted and now appeals to this court. In view that the case originated in the justice’s court, we, under our Constitution, are prohibited from inquiring into any question, except the validity of the law upon which the conviction and judgment are based. The complaint against appellant was based upon chapter 106, Laws of Utah 1911, p. 152, which is a so-called local…
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- Ex parte WallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
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