State v. Cron
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was convicted, in a justice’s court, of the offence of selling liquor in a quantity less than five gallons, without having first obtained a license therefor. The offence was committed in the town of Pine Island, in Good-hue county.
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Defendant was convicted, in a justice’s court, of the offence of selling liquor in a quantity less than five gallons, without having first obtained a license therefor. The offence was committed in the town of Pine Island, in Good-hue county. At the trial before the justice it was stipulated as a fact that the town had duly voted in favor of license for the sale of liquors, and also that the board of county commissioners of the county had passed a resolution not to grant any licenses, and had refused to grant any, or ■to receive the tenders necessary to be made by applicants for licenses. From…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
Gen. St. c. 16, § 1, authorizes boards of ■county commissioners to grant licenses for the sale of spirituous, vinous or fermented, and malt liquors, within their proper counties, upon compliance with the provisions of section 2, which points out the steps to be taken by an applicant for license. Section 4 provides that whoever sells any such liquors in a less quantity than five gall ons, without first having ■obtained license therefor agreeably to the provisions of this *141chapter, shall, upon conviction, be fined, etc. The statute contains no exception to the sweeping enactment that whoever…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. DownerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1866
- State v. JamisonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1856
3Cited by4 opinions
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- State v. BachSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- City of Montpelier v. MillsIndiana Supreme Court · 1908
- State v. FunkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880