State v. Lillard

This was an indictment in the Schuyler circuit court for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors, in quantities less than one gallon, without taking out a license as a dramshop keeper, and without having any license or legal authority so to do. The indictment was found at the March term, 1879, for a sale made in February preceding. The defendant pleaded not guilty. A trial was had before a jury, and the plaintiff, to sustain the issues on its side, offered evidence tending to show that the defendant in July, *1371878, sold to certain persons a “ compound,” of which, intoxicating liquor was a…