Hopper v. State

The defendant, Harley Hopper, was convicted of permitting minors to loiter about a place where beer is sold, with punishment fixed at a fine of $25. The defendant *601is the operator of a retail beer place in Union County. He also sold cigarettes, candy, hamburgers, etc. A number of county officers testified that they had regularly visited defendant’s place of business during the six month period prior to the time of the trial and that on many occasions, they saw minors there. Dances were frequently conducted in the place on Friday and Saturday nights and minors would be there on these nights, as…