Borman v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
ERom the Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the Hon. Vm. M. Bkooks, The indictment in this case was found at the fall term of said circuit court, 1857, and was in these words: “The grand jury of said county charge, that before the finding of this indictment, Amasa M. Borman, not a druggist keeping a.regular drug-store, or practicing physician, sold, exchanged, or bartered away for money, or other consideration of value, or for the promise or expectation thereof, within…
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ERom the Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the Hon. Vm. M. Bkooks, The indictment in this case was found at the fall term of said circuit court, 1857, and was in these words: “The grand jury of said county charge, that before the finding of this indictment, Amasa M. Borman, not a druggist keeping a.regular drug-store, or practicing physician, sold, exchanged, or bartered away for money, or other consideration of value, or for the promise or expectation thereof, within the corporate limits of the town of Greensboro, or within five miles of said corporate limits, brandy, gin, wine, beer,…
1Opinion of the Court
R. W. "WALKER, J.
The principal question in this case is, whether the act, under which the defendant -was indicted, can be sustained as an exercise of power belonging to the legislature. The solution of this question demands some inquiry into the nature and limits of the legislative power vested by our constitution in the general assembly.
Antecedent to the formation of the Federal constitution, the people of the several States constituted separate, independent, and sovereign communities, with all the rights and powers inherent in sovereignty. Some of these powers they delegated to the…
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