People v. Welch
Michigan Supreme Court
Exceptions from Berrien. (O’Hara, J.) Respondent was convicted of selling liquor to a minor. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
Defendant, who was bartender in a saloon at Benton Harbor, where intoxicating liquors were sold, was convicted of selling spirituous liquors to one Sidney Phillips, a minor under the age of 21 years, and of the age of 17 years. The selling was not controverted.
The only question in the case is whether it is competent for a person charged with this offense to show what the person alleged to be a minor said regarding his age at the time the sale was made; and whether, if he represented himself to be of full age, and the seller made the sale in good faith, relying upon the representations that…
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