Oddly, this was not contrary to any Missouri statute at the time.

The Court ruled to uphold the application of the Missouri statute, saying:

An 1857 Missouri statute left all liquor regulation to localities, including the question whether to go dry, except the collection of licensing fees.

The laws were mostly verbatim from a copy of the Missouri statutes that Private Hall, who was a Missouri attorney, had in his saddlebags.

The Webster case upheld the Missouri statute, which required viability testing after 20 weeks.

Should the fetus be viable, another Missouri statute would generally prohibit the abortion.

By upholding the Missouri statute, the Court appears to have begun to restore to the people the ability to protect the unborn.

Any post-viability abortion would be prohibited under Missouri statute.

The validity of a Missouri statute or constitutional provision.

Afterwards, he sought to have Kentucky adopt a law based on a Missouri statute (L.1919, p. 781) banning all public executions.