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Village of Northville v. Westfall

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 11, 1889PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Error to Wayne. (Brevoort, J.) Defendant was prosecuted for the violation of a village ordinance, and acquitted. Acquittal held a bar to any process of review. The facts are stated in-the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.

The defendant was arre.sted, tried, and convicted on September 20, 1887, before a justice of the peace and a jury, upon a complaint and warrant charging him with unlawfully keeping and maintaining a saloon in said village of Northville, and with having, on August 10, 1887, sold intoxicating liquors to divers persons there, in violation- of ordinance No. 29, relating to the suppression of saloons^. The ordinance referred to provides—

*604“That on and after the first day of May, A. D. 1887, all saloons for the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors in the village of Northville shall be…

2Cited by19 opinions

  1. In re AscherMichigan Supreme Court · 1902
  2. In Re Application of HarronCalifornia Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Higgins v. StreetSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1907
  4. Portland v. EricksonOregon Supreme Court · 1900
  5. State v. CrawfordOregon Supreme Court · 1911

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