State v. Parnell
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from tbe Ci/rcvÁt Coiort of Boott County. Hon. Felix J. BatsoN, Circuit Judge. Tbe indictment pursues the language of the statute; and is, in substance, good. It is wholly unnecessary to set out the name of the person to whom the spirits were sold. Digest Ark., chap.f51, sec. 3; Moffatt vs. Tbe State, 6 Eng. 169; Bhover vs. State, 5 Eng. 259; Brown vs. State, 13 Ark. 96; The State vs. Eldridge, 7 Eng. 608.
1Opinion of the Court
Mx-. Chief Justice ENGLISH
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Parnell was indicted in the Circuit Court of Scott county, as follows : “The grand jurors, &c., &c., in and for the body of the county of Scott aforesaid, upon their oath, present that Bichmond P. Parnell, on Sunday, the 2d day of April, A. D. 1854, in the county aforesaid, did sell to divers persons,' a large quantity of ardent spirits, to wit: one quart of whiskey, against the peace,” &c.
The defendant moved to quash the indictment, on the grounds that it did not allege to whom the spirits were sold, or that they were sold to some…
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