State v. O'Conner

An information was filed against O'Conner, in the Tippecanoe Court of Common Pleas, for retailing without license.

The information, which contained two counts, was founded on the provisions of an act entitled, “An act to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors in the county of Tippecanoe," approved February 13, 1851. (1)

The fifth section of that act provides, that should any person directly or indirectly sell or barter any spirituous liquors by a less quantity than one quart at a time in said county, &c., without a license so to do, &c., such offender shall forfeit and pay, &c.

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