State v. Swanson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted in the district court for Goodhue county for selling intoxicating liquor without a license at the village of Cannon Falls. An order, Williston, J., overruling a demurrer to the indictment having been entered, the court at the request of the parties certified to the supreme court for its determination the questions set out in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
An indictment against the defendant was returned by the grand jury of the county of Goodhue, charging him with having on January 2, 1901, at the village of Gannon Falls, in that county, unlawfully sold A. M. intoxicating liquors in a less quantity than five gallons, to wit, one gill of whiskey, without first having obtained a license therefor agreeably to the laws of the state. The defendant demurred to this indictment, and the demurrer was overruled. Thereupon the trial court, at the request of the parties, certified, pursuant to G. S. 1894, § 7395, to this court, two questions, viz.:
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- State v. PetersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- State v. HoltSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Kelly v. City of FaribaultSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
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