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State v. Baskett

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided January 16, 1893PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the Putnam Circuit Court. — Hon. Andrew Ellison, Judge. (1) The information is sufficient. It states an offense under the druggist law. 1 Revised Statutes, 1889, ch. 58, p. 1054; 1 Revised Statutes, 1889, sec. 4621, p. 1056; Kelley’s Criminal Law & Practice [2 Ed.] p. 743. The information is sufficient also to charge an offense against the defendant under the dramshop law. 1 Revised Statutes, 1889, ch. 56, p. 1044; 1 Revised Statutes, 1889, ch. 56, sec. 4570, p.…

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1Opinion of the CourtQ-ill, J.

Defendant was prosecuted before a justice of the peace for selling intoxicating liquors contrary to the druggists’ law, chapter 58, Revised Statutes, 1889. He was tried in the justice’s court, found guilty, fined $100, and appealed to the circuit court. In that court defendant moved to quash the information on the grounds: “First. Because the said information does not charge any offense under the laws of this state. Second. Because the said information does not follow the language of the statute creating the offense with which the defendant is intended to be charged. Third. Because the said…

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