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observing that "each and every clause in a written [c]onstitution has been inserted for some useful purpose" and "whenever it is possible to do so, each provision must be construed so that it shall harmonize with all others without distorting the meaning of any of such provisions"
Summary of this case from Burns v. Ariz. Pub. Serv. Co.Opinion
No. A-1204.
Opinion Filed May 8, 1912.
Appeal from Love County Court; R.A. Keller, Judge.
Chas. Osborne was convicted of violating the prohibitory law, and appeals. Affirmed.
Eddleman Graham, for plaintiff in error.
Smith C. Matson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
Plaintiff in error was tried and convicted at the April, 1911, term of the county court of Love county on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed at a fine of fifty dollars and confinement in the county jail for a period of thirty days. The appeal was filed in this court on the 17th day of July, 1911. No briefs have been filed and no appearance made for oral argument. The Attorney General has interposed a motion to affirm for want of prosecution under rule 4. The motion is sustained, and the judgment of the trial court affirmed.