Legal Opinion

People v. Sandy

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided January 9, 1922No. 9907PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Proceeding against defendant in error for a violation of the prohibition act. Judgment discharging defendant. Error to the County Court of Ouray County, Hon. E. G. MacAdams, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Teller

The defendant in error was tried before a justice of the peace in Ouray County upon a charge of unlawfully having manufactured and having in her possession fifteen gallons of cranberry wine, containing five per cent alcohol, and not manufactured or used for medicinal purposes. From a judgment of conviction she appealed to the county court. There the case was tried on a stipulation as to the facts, which stipulation was as follows:

“That said defendant Julia Sandy, at the time, and in the place mentioned in the complaint in this action filed, did have in her possession at her home north of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Crane v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. Gallovich v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1920

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StofchekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Colacino v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1927

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