Forwood v. State

The indictment in this case charges the appellant with a violation of the revenue laws of the State, in selling one-half pint of whiskey, in July 1877, to one James M. Reynolds, without having first obtained a license so to do ; and also with selling to the same person, without a license, spirituous liquors in quantities not less than a pint.

The traverser pleaded not guilty; he also pleaded four other pleas numbered in the record 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th pleas ; these allege substantially that prior to the first day of May 1877, the traverser was a duly licensed hotel keeper, and as such had on…