State v. Seawood
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from. Cross Circuit Court; W. J. Driver, Judge; i The Act No. 30, 1916, does not repeal all other laws on the subject and the penalty prescribed is cumulative.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The grand jury of Cross County returned an indictment against defendant, charging him with the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, and the court sustained a demurrer to the indictment and rendered a judgment discharging the defendant, from which judgment the State has prosecuted an appeal to this court. The record does not disclose the reasons which controlled the circuit judge in sustaining the demurrer, but it is assumed here in the argument of the Attorney General that the decision was based upon the view that the Statewide prohibition statute enacted by the General'Assembly of 1915,…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bannon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Bolen v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Wagner v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
3Cited by3 opinions
- Cox v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
- Doolin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
- Burrow v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924