State v. Williams

Defendant was charged by county attorney’s information with the offense of selling beer to a minor, in violation of § 124.20, The Code. He was convicted after jury trial and now appeals. We affirm.

The sole error assigned by defendant is trial court’s failure to sustain his motion for directed verdict. Grounds of the motion relied on are 1) lack of evidence to prove defendant’s knowledge of the beer purchaser’s minority, and 2) defective information because the word “knowingly”, an element of the crime now essential under § 124.20, was omitted.

I. This appeal was taken before publication of our…