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Albritton v. State

Citations

  • 82 Fla. 20
  • 89 So. 360

Syllabus

<p>The provision of Chapter 7736, Acts of 1918, “that it shall be unlawful for any person to become or be drunk or intoxicated,” is not matter germane to or properly connected with the subject expressed in the title of the Act, which is to make effective amended Article XIX of the State Constitution, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, barter or exchange of intoxicating liquors. Voluntary intoxication does not violate the prohibitions of ■ the traffic in intoxicating liquors. Section 3549 Gen. Stats, provided punishment for drunkenness. Section 8, Chap. 7736, Acts of 1918, was re-enacted as Section 5472 Rev. Gen. Stats, effective February 6, 1921.</p>

Judges: Browne, Ellis, Taylor, West, Whitfield

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