Brown v. City of Covington

Under a municipal ordinance declaring it to be unlawful for any person to keep for the purpose of sale, in the city of Covington, any wine, rum, brandy, whisky, beer, or other spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, Caroline Brown was tried and convicted by the mayor. Her petition for certiorari was overruled by the judge of the superior court, and she excepted. _ The only point 3'aised by the petition for certiorari is that the verdict was contrary to law, because not sustained by the evidence.

The evidence in behalf of the city, as set out in the mayor’s answer to the certiorari, was that of…