State v. McDonald

ROGERS, Justice.

A. J. McDonald, the relator, was convicted of selling intoxicating liquor within five miles of the Logansport High School. The offense is denounced by Act No. 73 of 1896.

The only question presented for decision is whether Act No. 73 of 1896 was repealed by Act No. 39 of 1921, Ex. Sess., generally known as the “Hood Act,” which was itself repealed by Act No. 1 of 1933, Ex. Sess.

In the tenth section of Act No. 39 of 1921, Ex. Sess., after providing that the statute in no way repeals the “Blind Tiger Act” (Act No. 8 of 1915, Ex. Sess.) and the “Near Beer Act” (Act No.* 14 of…