State v. Finley

Defendant was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Callaway county for ordering intoxicating liquors as agent for another.

The prosecution is based on Sec. 7226, R. S. 1909', of the dramshop act, reading as follows:

“It shall be unlawful for any person or persons not a licensed dramshop keeper or by law authorized to sell liquor as a wholesaler, to order for, receive, store, keep or deliver, as the agent or otherwise, of any other person, intoxicating liquors of any kind. ’ ’

The case was pending in the Supreme Court on the ground that the statute was unconstitutional. But that court…