Anderson v. State

This was an indictment for selling liquor to a minor. Plea of not guilty, trial by the court, finding of guilty, motion for a new trial overruled, exception, and judgment on the finding. The motion for a new trial was for this cause: first, “the finding of the court is not sustained or warranted by the evidence in the cause.” This was ail the evidence in the cause: John Stryker, the person to whom the liquor was alleged to have been sold, testified:

“At another time different from the 24th day of December, 1870, and within two years previous to the finding of -this indictment, I bought a drink…