People v. Bird

Respondent was convicted of violating the provisions of the so-called liquor law, contained in section 5391, 2 Comp. Laws. He has brought the case here by appeal.

*32The record upon the part of the people discloses that respondent is not a saloon keeper or druggist, but is a laboring man. At the solicitation of his wife he obtained three bottles of beer, and brought them home. The money to buy the beer was furnished by respondent’s father, William Bird. After the beer was brought to the dwelling house of respondent, the respondent, his wife, his father, and one Mattie White, who was about 16…