Hayes v. State

Petitioner was convicted for a violation of what is commonly called the “Five Gallon Law” (Gen. Acts 1927, p. 704), the constitutionality of which was upheld by the decision of the Court of Appeals.

The question is not new, but has been foreclosed by former decision of the Court of Appeals in the case of Dixon v. State, 124 So. 506; 1 where this act was attacked upon numerous constitutional grounds, including that now urged, that it is violative of that portion of section 45 of our Constitution touching the revision amendment and extension of laws. That decision was here reviewed, and those…