State v. Gallagher

The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for selling intoxicating liquors to a minor without the consent of his parents.

It is not disputed that the sale was made by defendant. But he claims that he was bartender or clerk for the dramshop keeper in whose shop' the liquor was sold and that he made the sale for the proprietor and was not himself liable. In this view he offered to show that the proprietor of the dramshop for whom he clerked was a regularly licensed dramshop keeper. The court refused such evidence.

Since defendant’s offer of proof was declined we will, for the purpose of the…