State v. Moore

BeaNNON, Judge :

U. S. Moore was indicted in the circuit court of Wetzel county for selling liquor without a license, and was found guilty by a jury on facts agreed, and by the judgment of the court was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and be imprisoned in jail two months. Moore presented as his defense a license for part of a year, and the ease turns upon the validity of that license.

We have a statute in Code 1906, chapter 32, section 12, which provides that an applicant for license to retail' intoxicating liquors shall file a petition with the clerk of the county court “at least thirty days…