DuVall v. City Council

In the recorder’s court of the City of Augusta, Lillie DuYall was tried and convicted on a charge of selling “ intoxicated ” liquors on Sunday. The accusation was demurred to on the ground that it set out no offense against any of the ordinances of the city. The demurrer was overruled, and the case proceeded to trial. Two witnesses testified that, after twelve o’clock on a certain Saturday night, they purchased a bottle of beer of a woman in the employment of the defendant, and paid her therefor in the presence of the defendant. The recorder found the defendant guilty; whereupon she sued out…