People v. Lundell

The respondent was convicted of keeping his saloon open during prohibited hours. The evidence conclusively showed that, before 6 o’clock on the morning in question, the bartender and one Peter Jacobson were in the saloon, — the barkeeper behind the bar, and Jacobson standing leaning against the bar in conversation with the barkeeper. To meet this case the defendant called Jacobson, who testified that he was employed in the business of keeping a boarding house in a portion of the building in which the saloon was located; that he discovered that the waste pipe from defendant’s ice box had…