Raggio v. Bryan

OPINION

By the Court,

McNamee, C. J.:

Respondent was charged with furnishing intoxicating liquor, to wit, Scotch whiskey and champagne, to Jean Ann Dickson, 1 a minor of the age of 18 years, in violation of NRS 202.050. Section 2 of said act provides: “Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to parents of such minor * * * or to [her] guardian or physicians.”

After- a preliminary hearing before a justice of the peace, respondent was bound over for trial by the District Court of the Second Judicial District. Thereafter respondent commenced this proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus in…