Miller v. Hansen

It is well settled in this state that a single act may constitute an offense against .the city and a crime against the state. For a recent case which enunciates this principle and collects our previous decisions, see Harlew v. Clow, 110 Or. 257 (223 Pac. 541). The history of the manner in which the liquor traffic has been regulated and suppressed in this state easily persuades one that intoxicating liquor has a peculiar potentiality to offend against both the state and the city. Two of our earlier cases recognize that liquor may offend in this dual manner: State v. O’Donnell, 77 Or. 116 (149…