Grantham v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Indictment. Statutes. Liquor. Before Judge Roberts. Pulaski superior court. May term, 1891. The indictment charged A. P. Grantham “with the offence of' misdemeanor, for that the said A. P. Grant-ham, on the first day of May, 1890, in the county aforesaid, did . . for a valuable consideration directly sell a quantity of spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquor,” etc. To the overruling of his demurrer the defendant excepted.
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Criminal law. Indictment. Statutes. Liquor. Before Judge Roberts. Pulaski superior court. May term, 1891. The indictment charged A. P. Grantham “with the offence of' misdemeanor, for that the said A. P. Grant-ham, on the first day of May, 1890, in the county aforesaid, did . . for a valuable consideration directly sell a quantity of spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquor,” etc. To the overruling of his demurrer the defendant excepted. The grounds of demurrer were : (1) The indictment is under the general local option law of September 18, 1885, which law is not and could not be operative and…
1Opinion of the Court
*121 Judgment reversed..
Martin & Smith, for plaintiff in error. Tom Eason, solicitor-general, by Hines, Shubriok & Eelber, contra.
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