Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Marshall Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. J. A. Bilbro. cited Long v. State, 27 Ala. 36; Thompson v. State, 87 Ala. 151; Segars v. State, 88 Ala. 144; 17 Am. «fe Eng. Eney. Law (2d ed.), 334; JH(txcorritz v. State, 49 Ark. 170; Endlich on Interp. of Statutes, §§ 329, 330.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
— Tlie appellant was convicted of tlie offense of selling liquor to a minor. The sale and tlie minority of the purchaser were clearly proved, and not at all denied by the defendant. But the 'evidence for the defendant Avent to show that the father of the minor Avas dead, that at and before the time of the sale he Avas living with his mother, that a month or so before the sale charged in the indictment Gartreli Rains, the minor in question, and his mother passed by the saloon of the defendant in a wagon or buggy, that they stopped in front of the saloon,-and said Gartreli Avent into the saloon…
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