People v. Wilcox

The appellant was convicted upon an information charging him with being engaged in the business of selling and keeping for sale distilled, brewed, fermented, malt, mixed, spirituous, and intoxicating liquors at retail, not having paid the tax upon such business required by law. No question is raised upon the sufficiency of the information. The testimony shows without contradiction that one Huntington procured from the defendant a drink of malt mead and a bottle of the same, and some whiskey, at a hotel in Haslett Park, the drink over the bar in said hotel. Huntington testified that he paid…