Scott v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Barbour Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. Ab. Scott was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and appeals. What transpired as to the first jury was as follows: “Gentlemen, this court does not need your services, and will not use you any longer. You cannot, and I will not permit you to, pollute the streams of justice any further by such verdicts as that you have just rendered.
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Appeal from Barbour Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. Ab. Scott was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and appeals. What transpired as to the first jury was as follows: “Gentlemen, this court does not need your services, and will not use you any longer. You cannot, and I will not permit you to, pollute the streams of justice any further by such verdicts as that you have just rendered. I will not permit you longer to obstruct the orderly administration of the law, or further to interpose yourselves as an obstacle between the criminal and the law. I am. going finally to…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P. J.
The indictment in this case, which was filed in court on the 30th day of November, 1910, charged that “before the finding of this indictment Ab. Scott sold spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors without a license and contrary to law, against the peace,” etc. It is to be observed that the indictment is in the form prescribed by section 7353 of the Code for the cases of sales of such liquors without a license or in violation of special or local laws regulating or prohibiting their sale. The defendant by demurrer, raised the question of .its sufficiency as a charge of a violation of the general…
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