Legal Opinion

Darst v. People

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1869PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. S. L. Eichmokd, Judge, presiding. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence

This was an indictment for a riot. The defendants were convicted, and have prosecuted this writ of error.

The record shows, the town of Eureka, in Woodford county, had adopted an ordinance declaring a nuisance all intoxicating liquors kept within the limits of said town, for the purposes of being sold or given away, as a beverage, to be drank within said town. The ordinance further directed the police officers to abate said nuisance by removing the liquor beyond the town limits. One Moustier kept a grocery in the town, and on the 7th of January, 1869, the plaintiffs in error, two of whom were…

2Cited by29 opinions

  1. United States v. BridgemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
  2. Walter v. Northern Insurance of New YorkIllinois Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  4. State v. . WebberSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  5. Varden v. MountCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1879

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