State v. Larrimore
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Polk Circuit Court. Indictment for selling liquor without license. At the trial, the only witness introduced was a boy, examined on behalf of the state. He testified that Williams one day came into the shop of the defendant, who was a practising physician, and stated that he was sick and wanted some brandy. Defendant at first refused to let him have it, but finally gave him a drink for which Williams paid him twenty cents. Williams did not look pale.
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Error to Polk Circuit Court. Indictment for selling liquor without license. At the trial, the only witness introduced was a boy, examined on behalf of the state. He testified that Williams one day came into the shop of the defendant, who was a practising physician, and stated that he was sick and wanted some brandy. Defendant at first refused to let him have it, but finally gave him a drink for which Williams paid him twenty cents. Williams did not look pale. Defendant did not feel his pulse nor look at his tongue. Upon cross-examination, witness stated that Williams acted as if he was sick.…
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, Judge
The defendant was indicted for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor in a less quantity than one quart, to-wit: one pint of brandy, to Albert Williams, without having any license of any kind for that purpose. The indictment was found at the April term, 1852, of the Polk Circuit Court.
The defendant was found guilty and fined twenty dollars. He brought the case to this court; the judgment of the Circuit Court was reversed, and the case remanded. Upon a second trial, the defendant was again found guilty and fined twenty dollars ; he moved for a new trial, which being denied him, he again brings…
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