Legal Opinion

Village of Elbow Lake v. Holt

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided October 18, 1897No. Nos. 10,774—(139)PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the district court for Grant county sentencing him to pay a fine of $100 and costs, or in default of payment to be imprisoned, after a verdict finding him guilty of selling intoxicating liquor without a license.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

The defendant having been tried and convicted in justice’s court of selling intoxicating liquor without having first obtained a license, contrary to the provisions of the ordinance of the plaintiff village, he appealed to the district court, where he was again tried before a jury, convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and costs, or, in default of payment thereof, to be confined in the county jail until the fine was paid, not exceeding 90 days. From this judgment he appealed to this court.

*3501. It is urged that the complaint is insufficient, in that it does not charge that defendant sold…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. HolmesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
  2. Village of Crosby v. StemichSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
  3. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974

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