Frasier v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from the circuit court of Ste. Genevieve county. The appellant submits that the above evidence does not support the indictment, and the court therelore erred in refusing him a new trial. The only questions before this court are: 1. Did the court err in refusing the defendant a new trial? 2. Is the evidence such as would warrant the jury in finding the defendant guilty?
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
This was an indictment against defendant, founded on the statute, which prohibits persons from selling goods, keeping open tipling houses, and selling liquors after nine o’clock in the morning of Sunday — Rev. Code of 1835, p. 209. The indictment contained four counts. The first count charged, that defendant did, at, &c., on, &c., “keep open a certain tipling house in the county afore-said, after nine o’clock in the morning, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, contrary,” &c.
The second count charges, that defendant did “retail distilled liquors after nine o’clock in the…
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