Williams v. State

At the October term, 1879, of Jhe circuit court of Lincoln county, Columbus "Williams was indicted for selling whisky without license, the indictment charging that “ Said Columbus Williams, in the county of Lincoln, etc., on the first d^y of October, 1879, did then and there willfully and unlawfully sell and deliver ardent spirits, to-wit, whisky in less quantities than one quart, to-wit, the quantity of one gill, without having first procured a license to sell the same in accordance with law, contrary to the statute, etc., and against the peace,” etc.

Fie was tried on the plea of not guilty,…