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136 Ala. 106

Banks v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1902

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1902-11-15

Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbakd. The appellant in this case, Henry Banlcs, was indicted, tried and convicted for selling liquor to a minor.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently June 1910

1 state decisions

Relies on DuBois v. State · Bryant v. State

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Decided 1902-11-15

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McCLELLAN, C. J.

¶1On one aspect of tbe evidence in this case it was open to the jury to find that the defendant, in paying tbe bank for the whiskey which belonged to Haskell & Co., and delivering it to Hntto, •the minor, and the others, acted solely as the agent of 'Hutto and the other parties who had supplied' him with the money to buy the liquor for them; and if the jury found these to be the facts their right and duty was to acquit the defendant. Bryant v. State, 82 Ala. 51, and cases there cited; DuBois v. State, 87 Ala. 101. The ■circuit court, therefore, erred in giving the affirmative charge for the State;

¶2Reversed and remanded.

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