Godfrey v. State

Indictment. The charge is, that the defendant, at, &c., on the first of January, 1837, not having a license or permit to vend spirituous liquors by retail, — sold a half pint of whiskey to Jesse Cartwright for the sum of six cents, and which was not sold to the sick, &c.' Plea, not guilty. The evidence adduced on the trial was as follows: — ■ A license to keep a grocery for one year, at, &c., was obtained by one Hart on the fifth of September, 1836, who gave bond, &c.' About the 25th of December, 1836, Hart sold his interest in the grocery to the defendant, agreeing that the defendant might…