People v. Hawley
Michigan Supreme Court
Case reserved from the Wayne Circuit. This was an action brought to recover of the defendant the penalties imposed by the act approved Feb. 12, 1853, entitled “ an act prohibiting the manufacture of intoxicating beverages, and .the traffic therein ” By the case agreed upon between the counsel of the parties, the defendant on the 22d of December, 1853, and since the first day of said month, was and had been a manufacturer of strong beer and ale, and also a seller thereof, in…
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Case reserved from the Wayne Circuit. This was an action brought to recover of the defendant the penalties imposed by the act approved Feb. 12, 1853, entitled “ an act prohibiting the manufacture of intoxicating beverages, and .the traffic therein ” By the case agreed upon between the counsel of the parties, the defendant on the 22d of December, 1853, and since the first day of said month, was and had been a manufacturer of strong beer and ale, and also a seller thereof, in the city of Detroit. He had been engaged in the business of brewing malt liquors, consisting of ale and strong beer, in…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Wing, J.
One of ’the questions raised upon the record in this case, *338and submitted for our decision, is, whether strong beer and ale are included in the prohibitions of “ an act prohibiting the manufacture of intoxicating beverages, and the traffic therein,” approved Feb. 12, 1853.
The counsel for the defendant has attempted to show by an historical reference to the legislation of the Territory, and of this State, that strong beer and ale are not embraced by this law; that when, therefore, they were intended to be included as articles prohibited, under certain regulations, they were…
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