People v. Thompson
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Van Burén; Des Voignes, J. John F. Thompson was convicted of violating the local option law, and sentenced to pay a fine of $200 or in default thereof to imprisonment in the county jail not ex ceeding 60 days.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
The respondent, Thompson, was prosecuted for and convicted of keeping a drug store in the village of Covert, in Yan Burén county, for the unlawful sale of liquors in contravention of the local option law in force in said county. The respondent was a registered pharmacist and had complied with the provisions of the law authorizing sales of liquors by druggists. The people, to maintain their case, offered in evidence reports of respondent to the prosecuting attorney, made and filed under section 25, Act No. 183,of the Public Acts of 1899, covering the period from January 2d to the 1st of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Heintz v. LePageSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1905
- State v. KnowlesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
- State v. Blair & Certain Intoxicating LiquorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887