State v. Orth
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The defendant was indicted in the district court for Hennepin county for the crime of selling liquor without first obtaining a license therefor. A demurrer to the indictment was overruled by Young and Lochren, JJ., and, upon the defendant’s request, the case was certified to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Hennepin county for selling at wholesale, he being a wholesale liquor merchant, to a retail liquor merchant in the city of Minneapolis, one keg of beer, containing eight gallons, without a license. The defendant demurred to the indictment on the ground that it does not state facts constituting a public offence. The court below overruled the demurrer, but, because the question raised is important and doubtful, certified the case to this court for its opinion thereon.
The laws regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors are in a somewhat singular…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- John R. Irvine & Co. v. The Steamboat "Hamburg"Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1859
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