State v. Phillips

The defendant was prosecuted for selling beer to a minor in violation of § 30-86 of the General Statutes. Under the Liquor Control Act, of which that section is a part, a minor is defined as a person under twenty-one years of age. § 30-1 (12). Upon a trial to the court the defendant was found guilty, and from this judgment he has appealed, assigning as error three rulings on evidence and the conclusion of the court that he was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He later filed a "supplemental assignment of error" claiming that the court erred in denying his motion to dismiss "when the state…