Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Franklin Circuit Court. Hon. G. S. Cunningham, Circuit Judge. It was not necessary to charge in the indictment to whom the whiskey was sold. It was sufficient to prove a sale to any one without having license.
1Opinion of the CourtEnglish, C. J.
The indictment, (preferred January 10, 1882,) charged “that A. C. Johnson, on the 10th day of May, 1881, in the county of Johnson, etc., unlawfully did sell one pint of ardent liquors, the same being in quantities less than one quart, when no license authorizing the same had been previously procured from the County Court of said county by said A. C. Johnson, or by any other person; against the peace,” etc.
The defendant pleaded not guilty, was tried by a jury, convicted and fined $200.
He moved in arrest of judgment on the ground that the indictment was uncertain in the description of the…
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