Adcock v. State

Eutling Adcock was convicted of a misdemeanor by operating a dance hall in a county having a population of more than 3000 inhabitants, without first obtaining the permission of the commissioners of roads and revenues or other authority in charge of such county. A motion for new trial was overruled and the defendant excepted. He contends that the act approved March 29, 1937 (6a. L. 1937, p. 624), under which he was convicted, was repealed by the act approved March 30, 1937 *208(Ga. L. 1937, p. 625). Section 1 of the act first cited declares that from and after its passage “no person, firm, or…