State v. Mohr
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Iowa District Gowrt. The following information against the defendant was filed before a justice of tbe peace: “State or Iowa 1 “Henry Mohr. ) “ The defendant is accused of tbe crime of keeping intoxicating liquors witb intent to sell.
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Appeal from Iowa District Gowrt. The following information against the defendant was filed before a justice of tbe peace: “State or Iowa 1 “Henry Mohr. ) “ The defendant is accused of tbe crime of keeping intoxicating liquors witb intent to sell. “Eor that tbe defendant, on tbe 26th day of July, A. D. 1879, at tbe town of Victor, Hartford township, Iowa county, Iowa, did bare in bis possession certain kegs, bottles and barrels of intoxicating liquors for tbe purpose of sale in his saloon building in Victor, Iowa. Said packages taken by virtue of a search warrant from tbe said Henry Mohr from…
1Opinion of the Court
Seevers,-J.
i criminal • matioli :°süfliciency of. The language of the statute is' that “No person shall own, or keep * * any intoxicating liquor *utent to se^ saine in this state.” ' If any person so does he is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Code, §1542. The information charges the liquors were “ kept for the purpose of sale,” instead of “with intent to sell the same,” as provided in the statute.
Words' used in a statute to define a public offense need not be strictly pursued in an indictment, but other words having the same meaning may be used. Code, § 4304. This is, also, true as to an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1860
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- In Re the Liquors of George W. Hoxsie & Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1886