Countz v. State

Roberts, Chief Justice.

The defendants were indicted for retailing spirituous liquors in quantities less than one quart without having obtained a license therefor. The indictment was framed in accordance with the terms of the 'law of 1856. (O. & W. Dig., art. 423, p. 509.)

It was filed in court on the 3d day of July, 1873, and charged the offense to have been committed on the 15th of February, 1873.

Defendants excepted to the indictment as insufficient, because it did not charge an offense. The exception was overruled, and the defendants were tried, convicted, and fined fifty dollars.

They moved…