Brinkman v. State

Indictment for selling intoxicating liquor in a less quantity than a quart, etc., by Barney Brinkman, to one, James DeArmond, “ he, the said James DeArmond, being then and there a person under the age •of twenty-one years.”

A motion to quash, on the ground that the minority •of DeArmond was not alleged with sufficient particularity, was overruled. It is claimed that his age should have been stated.

~We think the indictment unobjectionable. The defendant was tried by the court and convicted. On the trial, the defendant proved, that, on the day previous to that of the present trial, he had been…