People v. Engle

In July, 1897, the local option law was in force in Yan Burén county. Respondent was a registered pharmacist, and was charged in the information with having sold, furnished, and delivered, on July 23, 1897, to one Charles T. Benham, one bottle of beer, to be used as a beverage. The pharmacy was owned and kept by W. A. Engle, and the respondent was in his employ ■as a clerk. It appears that Charles T. Benham and E. S. Persing were employed by the prosecuting attorney and sheriff of the county to look up liquor cases in that county, and were paid $5 a day each for their services. Benham went by…