121 Ga. 590
Decided January 26, 1905
Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1905-01-26
<p>Indictment for selling liquor to minor. • Before Judge Proffitt. City court of Elberton. November 28, 1904.</p>
Relies on Reich v. State · Amos v. State · Hines v. State
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Decided 1905-01-26
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently January 1986
23 state decisions
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¶11. Whether the liquor sold was intoxicating or not was a matter about which the evidence was in conflict, but that of the State was sufficient to warrant a conviction.
¶22. In a prosecution for the sale of liquor to a minor, under the Penal Code, §444,. the burden is on the defendant to show written authority from the parent or guardian. Reich v. State, 63 Ga. 620; Amos v. State, 34 Ga. 531; Hines v. State, 93 Ga. 187 (2).
¶3Judgment affirmed.