Hoover v. State

The traverser in this case was indicted for unlawfully selling a quantity of spirituous liquor, not less than a pint, to a particular person named, and the offence is charged to have been committed on the 4th day of July, 1879, “ the same day, in the year aforesaid, being the Sabbath day, commonly called Sunday.” There are three counts in the indictment, and in each of them the offence is charged in very much the same terms. There was a demurrer to the indictment, and that was overruled; after which the party was tried upon plea of not guilty, and was convicted and fined. He now brings the…