State v. Allston

Citations

• 107 S.C. 485
• 93 S.E. 177

Syllabus

<p>1. Intoxicating Liquors — Gallon-a-Month Law. — The gallon-a-month law (Act Feb. 20, 1915 [29 St. at Large, p. 140]) did not change the existing law of the right to bring whiskey into the State, except that it limited the amount to one gallon .per month for personal use, and required the liquor to be delivered to the consignee.</p> <p>2. Intoxicating Liquors — -Right of Carrier to Transport — Gallon-a-Month Law. — A private carrier for hire had the same right to bring liquor into the State under the gallon a month law as a common carrier, such as railways and express companies, subject to the same law and restrictions.</p> <p>3. Intoxicating Liquors — Gallon-a-Month Law — Choice of Carrier. —A person ordering liquor, not exceeding a gallon a month, to be brought into the State for his personal consumption, had the choice of bringing it in by a private carrier for hire or a common carrier.</p>