Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Violating Prohibition Law. Appeal from Geneva County Court. Heard before Hon. E. Foster Ellsberry. Noah Johnson was convicted of selling spirituous, vinous or malt liquors contrary to law, and he appeals. The facts here shown do not constitute a sale. — Coker v. State, 91 Ala. 92. The court should have admitted the fact that the defendant was working for the purchaser of the whiskey under a criminal contract.
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
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The defendant was indicted and convicted for selling spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors contrary to law.
The record shows a minute entry, reciting that upon •the verdict of the jury finding the defendant guilty, and assessing a fine of |50, the court “ordered and adjudged that the state of Alabama, for the use of Geneva county, have and recover of the defendant the sum of fifty dollars, the fine assessed by the jury, together with all the costs in this behalf expended, for which execution may issue.” .Immediately following this is the recital “Comes the defendant in open court and pays the…
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