State v. Mateer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — -Hon. A. E. Dewey, Judge. Action in equity to subject certain real estate to a judgment rendered on account of a liquor nuisance. There was a hearing by the court, and a decree in favor of the state, from which the defendant, J. H. Mateer, appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtEobinson, J.
— On the tenth day of October, 1891, Shorty Hawkins was charged by indictment with the crime of nuisance committed by keeping for sale and selling on the premises in controversy intoxicating liquors in violation of law. In April, 1892, he. was tried, and found guilty of the offense charged, and adjudged to pay a fine of seven hundred dollars and the costs of prosecution. The judgment also provided that he stand committed to the jail of Mahaska county until *68the fine and costs should be paid. Hawkins was imprisoned for a time, but was released under order of the governor of the state, which, in…
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