Commonwealth v. Weller
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 18 — INDICTMENT—October APPEAL EROM BULLITT CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The “ act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in the county of Bullitt,” approved March 21, 1871 (Acts 1871, vol. 2, p. 321), was not expressly or by implication repealed by the local-option law of January 26, 1874 (Acts 1873-4, pp. 10-12). After the act of 1871 took effect, the sale of intoxicating liquors in Bullitt County was prohibited by said act.
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Case 18 — INDICTMENT—October APPEAL EROM BULLITT CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The “ act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in the county of Bullitt,” approved March 21, 1871 (Acts 1871, vol. 2, p. 321), was not expressly or by implication repealed by the local-option law of January 26, 1874 (Acts 1873-4, pp. 10-12). After the act of 1871 took effect, the sale of intoxicating liquors in Bullitt County was prohibited by said act. The act of 1874 was passed for the purpose of closing bar-rooms, and not to open them where they had already been closed. 2. The act of 1871 has been passed upon by…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pryor
In March, 1871, an act of the legislature was passed, entitled “An act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in the county of Bullitt.” (2 Session Acts 1871, p. 321.) The first section of the act provides “ that it shall be unlawful, after this aet takes effect, for the County Court of Bullitt County, or any person or persons, to grant a license to any person or persons to sell by wholesale or retail any brandy, whisky, or intoxicating liquors, or a mixture thereof, within the limits or jurisdiction of Bullitt County.” After making certain exceptions and annexing penalties for the…
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