City of Burlington v. Kellar

1. Intoxicating liquors: repeal of city charter. An information was filed on tbe 25tb day of September, 1862, before O. Marble, a Justice of the Peaoe f°r Des Moines county, accusing tbe defendant “°*’ the misdemeanor of keeping a bouse of entertainment in said city of Burlington, as a place to be resorted to for tbe purpose of drinking beer, wiue and other drinks, without first having procured a license therefor.” At tbe trial, tbe defendant plead not *61guilty, but admits be keeps a house where he sells native wine, lager beer and other drinks, such as are permitted to be sold by the laws of…