State v. Nolan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The defendant was convicted in the district court for Cottonwood’ county on an indictment for selling intoxicating liquors without a license. Upon the trial before Perldns, J., it appeared that the sale • was made in the village of Windom. The action was certified to this court under Gen. St. 1878, c. 117, § 11.
1Opinion of the CourtDicKiNSON, J.
The question is here presented whether the effect of the special law incorporating the village of Windom (Sp. Laws 1875, c. 24) was to abrogate, as respects that locality, the general law of the state relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors, so that one selling without license was not subject to indictment and punishment under the general law. The provisions to be considered are found in section 21, which gives the village council authority by ordinance “* * * to restrain, or license and regulate, the vending, dealing in, or disposing of, and all persons vending, dealing, or disposing…
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