Legal Opinion

State v. Snider

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 5, 1910PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Christian Circuit Court. — Hon. John T. Mo.ore, Judge. (1) The motion to quash should have been sustained. The information fails to charge that the Local Option Law was in force in Christian county at the time of the alleged sale of the whiskey by defendant. State v. Bengscli, 107 Mo. 104; State v. Searcy, 39' Mo. App. 407; State v. Prather, 41 Mo. App. 458; State v. Hutton, 39 Mo. App. 415; State v. Hall, 130 Mo.

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1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.

The defendant was convicted in the circuit court of Christian county, of the offense of selling intoxicating liquors in violation of the Local Option Law. He has appealed to this court and insists that the information against him is insufficient in that it fails to charge that the Local Option Law was in force in the county at the date he is alleged to have violated the law. The information charges “that on the 13th day of July, 1905', at the county of Christian, the Act of the Legislature of the State of Missouri, approved on the 5th day of April, 1887, commonly known as the Local Option…

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