Sullivan v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was heard before Emerson, Judge, at October term, 1853, of the Macon Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
Sullivan was indicted for selling spirituous liquors in a less quantity than one quart, during the month of May, 1853, without having a license to keep a grocery. He was tried, and found guilty. The court refused a motion in arrest of judgment, and fined him ten dollars. He sued out a writ of error.
The only question in the case is, whether § 132, of the criminal code, is now in force. That section reads thus.: “ Every person who shall not have a legal license to keep a grocery, who shall barter, exchange, or sell any wine, rum, brandy, gin, whiskey, or other vinous, spirituous, or mixed…
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