Shepherd v. City of Jackson

1. The jurisdiction of the State courts to try persons charged with the offense of selling intoxicating liquors is exclusive, and a municipal court can not punish for a violation of the State law'. There may be cases in which proof of a single sale, without more, may not necessarily imply that the seller kept liquors for sale. Everett v. Vidalia, 14 Ga. App. 664 (82 S. E. 50). However, proof of a single sale, if made under such circumstances as to show either a continuing purpose on the part of the vendor to sell a stock of liquor, or to indicate that the particular liquor sold was kept for…