State v. Gulley

An information having been filed against the defendant, James Gulley, charging him with the crime of selling intoxicating liquor to a minor, he entered a plea of not guilty, and, a trial being had, the court, over his exception, charged the jury, in effect, that guilty knowledge by the defendant in respect to the minority of the person to whom the intoxicating liquor was sold is not an element of the crime; that the defendant’s ignorance of the fact of such person being a minor is no defense; and that, if they should find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant sold intoxicating liquor…