People v. Longwell

The respondent, a druggist, was convicted of selling liquor contrary to Act No. 207, Pub. Acts 1889. His defense was that the sale was made by his clerk, contrary to his general instructions. Should this defense have been submitted to the jury? We think not. The statute provides that “any person who himself, or by his clerk, agent,, or employé, shall violate any of. the provisions,” etc. It is conceded, in statutory crimes* of this character, that the legislature may do away with | the intent as an ingredient of the offense, and make the {' act itself criminal, whether it is done by himself…