Missouri v. Hamill

Defendant was indicted, tried, convicted and fined forty dollars under the provisions of section 2179, Revised Statutes 1899, for the offense of selling intoxicating liquors to a minor without the written permission of the parent, master or guardian of such minor first had and obtained. He offered to prove at the trial that he was a licensed dramshop keeper but the court rejected the evidence. He contends that a licensed dramshop keeper must be prosecuted for the offense in question under section 3009, Revised Statutes 1899, as amended in 1905, p>. 141, and *662is not subject to prosecution under…