State v. Anderson

Philips, C.

The defendant was indicted at the March term, 1881, of the St. Clair circuit court, for selling whisky as a druggist, in less quantity than one gallon. On trial before a jury he was found guilty, and his fine assessed at $100. After an ineffectual effort for a new trial, and in arrest, he has appealed to this court.

I. The indictment is sufficient. It pursues the statute quite fully, and negatives all the exceptions which would exempt the defendant as such druggist.

II. The State introduced one witness, Henry Smith? who testified, in substance, that in the month of September, 1880,…