Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 17, 1915No. 6535Published

Indictment for gale of liquor; from Calhoun guperior court— Judge Cox. April 10, 1915.

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.

1. Presumptively a “pressing club,” where clothes are pressed for a monetary consideration, is a “place of business” where the public are invited, at least impliedly, to come and transact business with the owner or managér, and, accordingly, it is such a public place of business as is contemplated in the statute which forbids keeping on hand at one’s place of business intoxicating liquors. Roberts v. State, 4 Ga. App. 207 (4) (60 S. E. 1082); Jenkins v. State, 4 Ga. App. 859 (62 S. E. 574); Land v. State, 5 Ga. App. 98 (62 S. E. 665).

2. The evidence authorized the verdict; no error of law…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Roberts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  2. Jenkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  3. Land v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908

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