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62 Ark. 459

Bryant v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 6, 1896

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1896-06-06

Felix G. Taylor, Judge. John Bryant was tried and convicted before a justice of the peace on an information filed by the prosecuting attorney, alleging that, being the owner of the old Baird Saloon building in the town of Paragould, in the county of Greene and state of Arkansas, he “did unlawfully sell and give away, and cause to be sold and given away, and keep for sale and to be given away, and allow to be kept for sale and to be given away, in said building, ardent,…

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Decided 1896-06-06

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Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently August 1999

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Battle, J.

¶1The evidence adduced in the trial of the appellant in the circuit court failed to show that he sold and gave away, and caused to be sold and given away, and kept for sale and to be given away, and allowed to be kept for sale and to be given away, in the Baird Saloon building, in the town of Paragould, in the county of Greene and State of Arkansas, ardent, vinous, malt, fermented, and intoxicating liquors, and thereby failed to prove that he was guilty of the offense charged against him. Having alleged that the liquors were sold and given away, and were kept for sale and to be given away, in the Baird Saloon building, it devolved upon the state to prove it in order to convict. Proof of sale and gift, and keeping for sale and gift, in any other place would not be sufficient. Shover v. State, 10 Ark. 259; State v. Anderson, 30 Ark. 131.

¶2Reversed and remanded.

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