State v. Cullins
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Marion District Court. ON the 12th day of July, 1892, an information was filed in the district court of Marion county against A. D. Cullins, charging him with selling intoxicating liquor without first taking out and having a permit'as required by law. The information contained five counts. Upon the trial, William Dannenfelser testified as follows: “Ques. How much [whisky] did you get? Ans. Well, I got a fourth of a pint; four of us got a pint.
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Appeal from Marion District Court. ON the 12th day of July, 1892, an information was filed in the district court of Marion county against A. D. Cullins, charging him with selling intoxicating liquor without first taking out and having a permit'as required by law. The information contained five counts. Upon the trial, William Dannenfelser testified as follows: “Ques. How much [whisky] did you get? Ans. Well, I got a fourth of a pint; four of us got a pint. “Q. Who were the four of you? A. Why, there was me, and, I think, George Ray, and Ed. Winters was one, and I think he was the other. “Q.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HORTON, C. J.:
The question in this ease is, whether the purchaser of liquor which is sold in violation of law is guilty of unlawfully selling the same; that is, whether, by purchasing, he counsels, aids or abets in the unlawful sale, and may be convicted in the same manner as if he were the principal. The precedents are against the conviction of the purchaser, although he knows that the circumstances will render the sale of the liquor illegal. (1 Bish. Cr. Law, § 657; Black, Intox. Liq., § 381, and the cases cited; The State v. Rand, 51 N. H. 361;…
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