People v. Ackerman

Morse, J.,

The defendant was convicted in the superior court of Grand Rapids upon an information under the liquor law of 1887 of having kept open, as the agent of one Henry Huber, the saloon of said Huber upon a legal holiday, to wit, April 30, 1889.

Two objections only are urged against the legality of this conviction:

1. That April 30, 1889, was not a legal holiday within the intent and meaning of the statute.

2. That, as there was but one business carried on at this saloon, and that by Huber, and as there could be but one violation of the law in keeping the saloon open on that day, and Huber…