State v. Church
West Virginia Supreme Court
Tbe grand jury of Cabell county, on the 4th day of May, 1869, found a bill of indictment against A. G. Church for unlawful retailing. The indictment alleged that.
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Tbe grand jury of Cabell county, on the 4th day of May, 1869, found a bill of indictment against A. G. Church for unlawful retailing. The indictment alleged that. Church, who was at the time duly licensed to sell spirituous liquors, wines, porter, ale, beer, and drinks of like nature, and had executed his bond as required by law, conditioned not to permit any person to drink to intoxication in any premises under his control, and not to sell or furnish any intoxicating drinks to any person who is intoxicated at the time, or who is known to him to have the habit of drinking to intoxication, or…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
This was an indictment against Church, who was, at the time of committing the offence alleged in the indictment, duly licensed to sell spirituous liquors, wines, porter, ale, beer, and drinks of like nature, and had executed his bond as required by law, conditioned not to permit any person to drink to intoxication in any premises under his control, and not to sell or furnish any intoxicating drinks to any person who is intoxicated at the time, or who is known to him to have the habit of drinking to intoxication, or who is under the age of twenty-one years, &c.
The indictment charges that the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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