State v. Handler
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Atchison Circuit Court. — Ho». Gallatin Craig, Judge. (1) The negative averment about a license or other authority to give away must be made, although proof thereof is matter of defense to be established by the defendant. Even under local option, one kind of license under certain circumstances is authority for giving away, and the negative averment must be made.
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Appeal from Atchison Circuit Court. — Ho». Gallatin Craig, Judge. (1) The negative averment about a license or other authority to give away must be made, although proof thereof is matter of defense to be established by the defendant. Even under local option, one kind of license under certain circumstances is authority for giving away, and the negative averment must be made. Kelley’s Criminal Law, sec. 913; 31 Mo. 197; 19 Mo. 380; Ex parte Swan, 96 Mo. 44; State v. Williams, 38 Mo. App. 37; State v. Kaufman, 45 Mo. App. 656; State v. Bevens, 52 Mo. 130. (2) The offense charged in the…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
This is a prosecution by information for selling" and giving away intoxicating liquors in Atchison county, after the local option law went into effect in said county, to-wit, May 10, 19Ó2.
I. The appeal is in this court because the defendant assailed the constitutionality of the local option law, approved April 5, 1887. ■ Contemporaneous with this appeal, the defendant sued out a writ of habeas corpus to test the constitutionality of the local option law. [Laws 1887, p. 179; secs. 3027 to 3035, R. S. 1899, inclusive.]
On the hearing of that application the constitutionality of said act was…
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