Mullinix v. People

Plaintiff in error was indicted in the Moultrie circuit court, for selling intoxicating liquor to one Harding, “a person in the habit of getting intoxicated.” There were several counts in the indictment. On a trial the jury found the defendant guilty, on the first and second counts. After overruling a motion for a new trial, the court sentenced accused to be imprisoned, for twenty days, in the Shelby county jail, and rendered a judgment for a fine of $80, and costs. To reverse the judgment, this writ of error is prosecuted.

It is first objected, that the court below erred in giving for the…