Carson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lowndes Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. J. R. Tyson. The facts of this case are sufficiently stated iu the opinion. Cited Moore v. The State, 40 Ala. 49.; Miller v. State lb. 54; Stevens v. State, lb. 54; Steven v. State, lb. 67 ; Riley’s Case, 2 Pick. 2. cited 7 Am. & Eng. Ene. L. 529-30 ; lb. 527 ; Cooley Con. Lim.(5bh Ed.) 265, 322; Strong v. State, 1 Blaekf. (Ind.) 193.
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
By an act of the legislature, approved February 28, 1881, (Acts 1880-81, p. 149) the sale,'giving away, or otherwise disposing of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors or intoxicating drinks, was prohibited within two miles of the court-house at Hayne-ville, Lowndes county, under penalty on conviction, to one offending, of a fine in a'sum of not less than- $:50, nor more than $500, and imprisonment in tlie county jail or sentence to hard labor for the county, not more than *36six months, at the discretion of the jury. On February 26, 1881, the legislature passed, a prohibition statute for Lowndes…
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