Legal Opinion

Zarresseller v. People

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1855PublishedCited by 16 opinions

This indictment was tried before Parrish, Judge, (a jury being expressly waived,) at the September term, 1855, of the Marion Circuit Court. The defendant was found guilty. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled. Judgment was rendered for a fine and for costs. The opinion of the court furnishes a statement of the case.

1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.

Anton Zarresseller was indicted in the Marion Circuit Court for selling spirituous liquor without license.

The indictment charges that Zarresseller, on the fourth day of April, 1855, at the county of Marion, one gill of spirituous liquor, the same being a less quantity than one quart, to one Tracy, unlawfully did sell.

The defendant appeared and moved the court to quash the indictment, on the ground that the act entitled, “ an act for the suppression of intemperance, and to amend chapter 30 of the Revised Statutes,” approved February 12,1855, had repealed the laws authorizing the granting of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Eaton v. GrahamIllinois Supreme Court · 1850
  2. Sullivan v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1853

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Daley v. JoyceIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
  2. State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
  3. Paulsen v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Brewster v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  5. State v. SchlossSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887

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