Legal Opinion

Quinn v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 22, 1890No. 15,475PublishedCited by 12 opinions

From the Hendricks Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.

The indictment charges that “ The defendant unlawfully sold to one William M. Hankins, at and for the price of twenty-five cents, one-half pint of intoxicating liquor, the same being a less quantity than a quart; the said Malachy Quinn not being then and there licensed according to law to sell intoxicating liquor in less quantity than a quart at a time.”

The argument that the indictment is bad because, as counsel say, it does not show that the appellant sold a less quantity of intoxicating liquor than a quart, is entirely destitute of strength. Mullen v. State, 96 Ind. 304; Walter v. State,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Walter v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Calvert v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Shipman v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Mullen v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1884

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Heinze v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1945
  2. Lawrence v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Johnson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Spaulding v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Draper v. TaylorNebraska Supreme Court · 1899

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