Dozier v. State
Decision Date | 13 February 1908 |
Citation | 46 So. 9,154 Ala. 83 |
Parties | DOZIER v. STATE. |
Court | Alabama Supreme Court |
Appeal from City Court of Montgomery; W. H. Thomas, Judge.
Alfred Dozier was convicted of a violation of Act March 7, 1907, § 17 (Acts 1907, p. 469), imposing on any person soliciting orders for the enlargement of photographs or for picture frames, or selling picture frames, a license tax, and he appeals. Affirmed.
The following is the agreed statement of facts from which this case is tried: (Acts 1907, p. 469).
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
The court gave the affirmative charge for the state, and refused a like charge to defendant.
Hill, Hill & Whiting, for appellant, cited Brennan v. Titusville, 153 U.S. 289, 14 S.Ct. 829, 38 L.Ed. 719; Caldwell v. State of North Carolina, 187 U.S. 622, 23 S.Ct. 229, 47 L.Ed. 336; In re Spain et al. (C. C.) 47 F. 208, 14 L. R. A. 97; South Carolina v. Coop, 52 S.C. 508, 30 S.E. 609, 41 L. R. A. 501; City of Laurens v. Elmore, 55 S.C. 477, 33 S.E. 560, 45 L. R. A. 249; Chicago Portrait Co. v. Macon (C. C.) 147 F. 967.
Alexander M. Garber, Atty. Gen., for the State.
Section 17 of an act of the Legislature approved March 7, 1907, and entitled "An act to further amend the revenue laws of the state of Alabama," reads as follows:
Acts 1907, p. 469.
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