Ryan v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Error to review a judgment of the county court of La Fayette county: J. B. Simpson, Judge. Thomas S. Ryan was convicted in the county court of La Fayette county for illegally selling liquor in dry territory, contrary to the provisions of sec. 1565c of the Statutes. The case is brought here for review upon a writ of error sued out by said Ryan, hereinafter called the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed June 19, 1918:
Owen, J.
The first contention of the defendant is that the state failed to prove that the unlawful sale of liquor for which he was convicted occurred in La Fayette county. The evidence shows that the sale took place in the village of Blanchardville, but there was no proof that the village of Blanchardvilie was located in La Fayette county. Courts of this jurisdiction take judicial notice of the location of the various political subdivisions of the state. In Huey v. Van *16Wie, 23 Wis. 613, judicial notice was taken of the fact that the village of…
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