Mapes v. People

Whit op Error to the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. William Brown, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against Frederick Mapes for selling intoxicating liquor to one Bissel Bice, who, it was alleged, ivas in the habit of getting intoxicated. The indictment, leaving out the formal parts, was as follows: “1. That Frederick Mapes, on, etc., at, etc., intoxicating liquors to One Bissel Rice, a person then in the habit of getting intoxicated, unlawfully did then and there sell, contrary to the form of the statute,” etc. The court overruled a motion to certify the cause and papers…