People v. Hartstein

The defendant was held by one of the city magistrates upon a charge of having willfully sold and delivered a pail of beer to a minor child, in violation of the provisions of section 290 of the Penal Code, subdivision 3. The minor testified that her brother-in-law told her to go for the beer, and that, acting on such instructions, she went for the beer, obtained it and brought it to her brother-in-law. The latter testified that he told the defendant that he would send the minor for the beer, and that he told the minor to go for the beer, which she did, and brought it to him. It further appears…