Burchard v. State
Oregon Supreme Court
Error to Multnomah County. On the loth day of November, A. D. 1862, an indictment was preferred against Charles Burchard, and filed in the Circuit Court for Multnomah county, charging said Burchard with the offense of selling intoxicating liquor, the body of which indictment is as follows: “ The said Charles A. Burchard, on the 14th day of September, A. D. 1862, it being the first day of the week commonly called Sunday, and on divers other of said days, between said day and…
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Error to Multnomah County. On the loth day of November, A. D. 1862, an indictment was preferred against Charles Burchard, and filed in the Circuit Court for Multnomah county, charging said Burchard with the offense of selling intoxicating liquor, the body of which indictment is as follows: “ The said Charles A. Burchard, on the 14th day of September, A. D. 1862, it being the first day of the week commonly called Sunday, and on divers other of said days, between said day and the finding of this indictment, at the city of Portland in this county, at the Gtem Saloon,’ willfully and unlawfully…
1Opinion of the CourtWilson, J.
Three points are designated in this case and insisted upon as requiring a reversal of the judgment below; one, as to the provisions in the charter of the city of Portland ; and two, as to alleged defects in the indictment. The determination of the first point involves a mere construction of the statute. The charter given to the city of Portland contains, among other clauses prescribing the authority of the common council, this provision : “ To license, tax, and regulate and restrain bar-rooms, etc. * * Provided, that no law or parts of laws authorizing any officer of the county of *80Multnomah…
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- City of East Portland v. County of MultnomahOregon Supreme Court · 1876
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- Gatliff v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1894
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