State v. Fisher
Wisconsin Supreme Court
CEETIEIED from the Circuit Court for Racine County. The defendant was convicted in the circuit court on a complaint which charged him with having sold intoxicating liquor on the 10th day of December, 1872, “ without first having obtained a license therefor, and executing a bond as now required by law.” Such sale is charged to have been made in the city of Eacine.
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CEETIEIED from the Circuit Court for Racine County. The defendant was convicted in the circuit court on a complaint which charged him with having sold intoxicating liquor on the 10th day of December, 1872, “ without first having obtained a license therefor, and executing a bond as now required by law.” Such sale is charged to have been made in the city of Eacine. The case comes here on the certificate or report of the circuit judge, for the decision of this court upon certain questions of law involved therein. These questions are stated in the opinion. It appears by such report that the…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.
I. The first question submitted by the report of the circuit judge is as follows: “ Were the provisions of chapter 127 of the laws of 1872, and particularly section one of said act, in force and applicable to the city of Racine from and after the time said act took effect as a law?”
Section one of the law of 1872 is cumulative to the general excise law of the state found in the revised statutes, chapter 35. The general law provides that no license shall be issued or granted until the prescribed sum shall be paid therefor, and a certain bond filed with the proper clerk. (Sections 3 and 4.) The…
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