Rosenoff v. Cross

Citations

• 95 Wash. 525
• 164 P. 236

Syllabus

<p>Intoxicating Liquors — Regulation — Shipments — Druggists— Statutes — Construction. Permits to ship intoxicating liquor into the state cannot be issued to a druggist who had been convicted of violating the former local option law, now superseded by the statewide prohibition act, in view of Rem. Code, § 6262-19, which provides that permits shall not be issued to any druggist who has been convicted of any violation of any of the liquor laws of the state, and Id., § 6262-17, requiring applicants for a permit to make affidavit that they have not been theretofore convicted of any violation of the laws relating to intoxicating liquors in the state of Washington.</p> <p>Same — Regulation—Druggists—Statutes — Validity — Ex Post Facto Law. The state-wide prohibition act, Rem. Code, § 6262-19, which provides that permits shall not be issued to any druggist who has been convicted of the violation of any of the liquor laws of the state, and Id., § 6262-17, requiring applicants for a permit to make affidavit that they have, not been theretofore convicted of any violation of the laws relating to intoxicating liquors in the state of Washington, is not objectionable as an ex post facto law or retroactive, though permits are not to be given to any one who has theretofore violated any of the former liquor laws of the state, which was within the power of the state in regulating intoxicating liquors.</p> <p>Same — Regulation—Druggists—Conflict —Construction. Rem. Code, § 6262-7, of the state-wide prohibition act, providing that a druggist convicted of selling intoxicating liquors in violation of the section shall not, within two years thereafter, sell intoxicating liquor for any purpose, does not control § 6262-19, providing that no county auditor shall issue any permit to ship liquor into the state to any druggist who has theretofore been convicted of violating any of the liquor laws of the state; since the latter section is the more specific of the two, and is mandatory in its ter