State v. Good
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Hancock County. Elmer S. Good was convicted of an unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, PRESIDENT:
Beversal of a judgment of conviction of the unlawful retailing ■of spirituous liquors is asked here, because the indictment charges the unlawful selling of spirituous liquors, wine, porter, ale, beer and drinks of a like nature, while the proof shows a sale of an intoxicating liquid called “rikk,” it being urged that as the .article sold was not in fact one of the prohibited liquors, mentioned in the indictment, the charge is unsustained by proof. In addition to the liquids named in the indictment, the law prohibits the sale of “all mixtures, prepartions or liquids…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. EdwardsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- State v. ChisnellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
- Commonwealth v. GoodmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- State v. HalidaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Winfree v. Coca-Cola Bottling Works of LebanonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1935
- State v. HenryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- McCormick & Co. v. BrownDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1931
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