Mullen v. State

The indictment in this case charged that Pat Mullen, of the county of Monroe, in this State, “ on the 20th day of August, A. X). 1883, at said county and State, * * did then and there unlawfully sell to one William Campbell intoxicating liquor in less quantity than a quart, to wit, one gill of beer, at and for the price of five cents, he, the said Pat Mullen, not then and there having a license to sell such intoxicating liquors in a less quantity than a quart at a time.”

A motion to quash the indictment being first denied, the circuit court found the defendant guilty as charged and adjudged…