Russell v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Sheridan County, HoN. Roderick N. Matson, Judge. The plaintiff • in error, Walter Russell, was prosecuted and convicted of the offense of selling intoxicating liquors without a license, and brought error.
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Error to the District Court, Sheridan County, HoN. Roderick N. Matson, Judge. The plaintiff • in error, Walter Russell, was prosecuted and convicted of the offense of selling intoxicating liquors without a license, and brought error. The material facts are stated in the opinion. ■ A fine of $600 for selling intoxicating liquors to three persons at practically the same time and place is excessive, notwithstanding that the defendant is prosecuted for each sale upon a separate count. The failure of the information to describe the particular place of sale within the county named constitutes a…
1Opinion of the Court
Beard, Chief Justice.
In this case the plaintiff in error, Walter Russell, was charged with the crime Of selling intoxicating liquor without a license therefor. The information is in four counts charging four separate sales of whiskey. The cause wás tried to a jury, and a verdict of guilty on each count was returned, and the defendant (plaintiff in error) was fined in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars on each count, and he brings error.
The information in this case is'in the same form, arid the record is in the same condition as in the case of James Vines v. State, just decided, which is…
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