Watson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from- the Circuit Court of Wilcox. Tried before the Hon. John Moore. The appellant in this case was tried and convicted under an indictment which contained two counts.
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Appeal from- the Circuit Court of Wilcox. Tried before the Hon. John Moore. The appellant in this case was tried and convicted under an indictment which contained two counts. In the first count it was alleged that the defendant “did, witbin the limits of Wilcox county, Alabama, and outside of Camden precinct in said State and county, sell, keep for sale, or otherwise dispose of spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquor, or intoxicating beverages, decoction, mixture, compound or bitters, without a license and contrary to law.” In the second count the charge was identical, except…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
In the body of an act entitled “An act to prohibit the sale or disposing of spirituous, vinous or inalt liquors, or other intoxicating beverages in the county of Wilcox, on and after the first day of April, 1883,” it was, subject to certain provisos declared that after that date it should “be unlawful for any person or persons to sell, keep for sale, or otherwise dispose of any spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors, or any intoxicating beverages-, decoction, mixture, compound or bitters whatever, within the limits of the county of Wilcox.”—Acts, 1882-83, p. 234.
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