State v. Noel
Supreme Court of Iowa
. Appeal from Clarke District Court. Defendant, O. A. Noel, was indicted and convicted for the crime of keeping a nuisance, committed by maintaining a drug store wherein he kept and sold intoxicating liquors in violation of the statute. He was fined in the sum of $300. The judgment orders that 25 per centum of the fine be paid to the state treasurer for the benefit of the board of pharmacy. From this order the state and defendant, Noel, both appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJBeok, J.
I. The indictment in this case was found under Code, § 1523, and other statutes, declaring the keeping of a place for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors a nuisance, and providing for punishment thereof. It is unnecessary *683to refer more explicitly to these provisions, or to say. more than that the statutes relating to the organization, duties and powers of the board of .pharmacy contain no provision declaring a place kept for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors a nuisance, and providing penalties therefor. Chapter 72, Acts Eighteenth General Assembly, being «An act to regulate the…
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