State v. Manard

The constitutionality of House Bill 647 of the Fourteenth Legislature commonly known as. the “Beer Law,” 37 O. S. 1941 § 1 et seq., which act was approved by a majority vote of the people of Oklahoma in a special election July 11, 1933, by vote of 224,298 to 129,-582, is here involved.

The defendant was charged by an information filed in the county court of Nowata county with unlawfully selling a pint bottle of beer commonly called “Progress Beer,” which is alleged to contain 3.2 per cent of alcohol. Upon arraignment of defendant in the county court of Nowata county a demurrer was interposed…