State v. Ham

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

The defendant was indicted under section 12 of the Werts law (Gen. Stat.,p. 1813, pl. 142), passed March 20th, 1889.

Section 142 provides that it shall be lawful for druggists to sell liquor by less measure than one quart, without license, if compounded or sold upon the prescription of a reputable physician, and declares that a sale contrary thereto shall constitute the offence of keeping a disorderly house.

The sixty-sixth section of the act of 1898 (Pamph. L.,p. 812) provides that it shall not be lawful for any person without license to…