State v. Decker
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Lincoln County. A. A. Decker was convicted of selling, etc., spirituous liquors without a state license, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
"Williams, Judge:
Defendant was convicted "upon an indictment found at the June term, 1913, charging him with “selling, offering and exposing for sale, soliciting and receiving orders for spirituous liquors” without a state license therefor, and was adjudged to pay a fine of $25.00 and to be confined in jail for sixty days, and brings error.
Defendant having waived a jury, the case was tried by the court. We do not see that he committed any error. The rule of this court is to consider the case as if upon a demurrer to the evidence, plaintiff in error being regarded as the demur-rant. Board of…
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