Legal Opinion

State v. Nordstrom

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 11, 1920No. 21,786PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Hennepin county, charged with the crime of manufacturing intoxicating liquor, tried in the district court for that county before Jelley, J., and a jury, and found guilty as charged in the indictment. Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied.

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Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Hennepin county, charged with the crime of manufacturing intoxicating liquor, tried in the district court for that county before Jelley, J., and a jury, and found guilty as charged in the indictment. Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied. From the order denying his motion for a new trial, and from the judgment sentencing him to pay a fine of $500, or in default thereof to he confined in the workhouse until the fine was paid, not exceeding the term of one year, defendant appealed. Judgment and sentence modified.

1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.

1. Defendant was convicted of the charge of manufacturing intoxicating liquor contrary to the provision of chapter 455, p. 438, Laws of 1919, and he takes this appeal.

The statute reads as follows:

“The manufacture * * * of intoxicating liquor of any kind in any quantity whatever is prohibited within this state; provided that nothing in this act shall prevent the manufacture, sale or transportation of methyl or denatured alcohol, and provided further that nothing in this act shall prevent the manufacture, sale or transportation of methyl alcohol for chemical, mechanical, medicinal,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Daeche v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
  2. People v. HarrisonIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  3. State v. SkibiskiSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
  4. Flower v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1902
  5. State v. BanusikSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1906

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. AzzoneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
  2. State v. ArradondoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
  3. State v. BauerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
  4. State v. DoanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
  5. State v. McLeanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923

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