State v. Bissell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. The defendants were jointly indicted and convicted for maintaining a nuisance by keeping a place for the sale of intoxicating liquors, contrary to law. They now appeal to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Beok, Oh. J.
I. The facts of the case are not in dispute, and may be briefly stated. The defendants are druggists, and, without a permit from the board of supervisors, sold intoxicating liquors for medical purposes since the fifteenth day of October, 1884. The question for our determination is this: Under the statute now in force, may a druggist, holding a certificate from the state board of pharmacy, authorizing him to engage in the pursuit of an apothecary, lawfully sell intoxicating liquors for medical purposes without a permit?
II. Under the law forbidding the traffic in intoxicating…
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