State v. Pierce

This defendant, a dramshop keeper in the town of Monett, was convicted of selling intoxicating liquors on Sunday in violation of the statute. The liquor sold in the instance for which the present information was filed was beer, and the sale was made by Norman Sturgis, a bartender in the defendant’s employ. There has been no brief filed, but we find the defense invoked by the instructions was that Sturgis sold the beer contrary to the defendant’s order. The court instructed the jury that if they believed the defendant had in good faith and before the sale, instructed Sturgis not to sell any…