State v. Hughes

The defendants in these cases were each charged with a violation of § 30-86 of the General Statutes, which is captioned as follows: “Sales to minors, intoxicated persons and drunkards.” The statute makes it unlawful for any permittee, his servant or agent, to sell or deliver alcoholic liquor to certain enumerated classes of protected persons, viz.: minors, intoxicated persons, habitual drunkards, those whose names appear on a list, prepared by the selectmen of a town, who are receiving town aid and are known to use alcoholic liquor, and certain persons whose relatives have requested that…