Leonard v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Benton Chancery Court; T. Haden Humphreys, Chancellor; In filling shipping orders accompanied by the money, the sale takes place where the liquor is delivered to the common carrier for the consignee. 68 Ark. 266; 17 A. & E. Ene.
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Appeal from Benton Chancery Court; T. Haden Humphreys, Chancellor; In filling shipping orders accompanied by the money, the sale takes place where the liquor is delivered to the common carrier for the consignee. 68 Ark. 266; 17 A. & E. Ene. L. 300. In the construction of statutes words and phrases will be given their familiar sense, unless they have acquired some technical meaning. 26 A. & E. Enc. of L. 605-6. The phrase “contrary to law” means the law of the jurisdiction of the lawmaking power. 13 Sawy. 143; 13 Blatch. 184; 2 Met. 338. It will not ,be presumed that the Legislature intended…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The sheriff of Benton County, pursuant to a warrant authorizing him so to do, seized a large quantity of whisky and brandy in a prohibition district in that county, which was alleged to be stored there for sale contrary to law. Appellants, J. W. Leonard and J. D. Yeargin, claiming to be the owners of the liquor, intervened and asserted their right to it, and on a trial the court found that the liquors were kept in a prohibition district of the county to be sold contrary to-law, and ordered the same to be destroyed by,the sheriff.
The liquors in controversy (22 barrels of whisky, two…
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