Legal Opinion

People v. Vinton

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 2, 1890PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Exceptions before judgment from Kent. (Burch, J.) Respondent was convicted of selling intoxicating liquors in violation of a village ordinance. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.

The respondent was arrested upon complaint of the village marshal of Sparta. The complaint recited that on or about June 10, 1889, and on or about July 10, same year, one Porter Vinton,—

“Not being then and there a druggist who sells liquors for chemical, scientific, medicinal, mechanical, or sacramental purposes only, did then and there, to wit, in the frame building occupied by him in said village, sell spirit-*41nous and intoxicating liquors, and liquors a part of which was spirituous and intoxicating liquors, containing fermented liquors.”

And that the said Porter Vinton, on the days and year…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Village of Northville v. WestfallMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Cooper v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
  3. Webster v. City of LansingMichigan Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Portland v. EricksonOregon Supreme Court · 1900
  2. In re CoxMichigan Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Ramsay v. C. K. Eddy & SonsMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Territory of Hawaii ex rel. County of Oahu v. WhitneyHawaii Supreme Court · 1905
  5. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899

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