State v. Roberts

Defendant F. A. Roberts and his wife, Mable, were jointly informed against upon a charge of having intoxicating- liquor in possession with intent to violate the law. The date of the offense was stated as January 26, 1931. Both pleaded not guilty, and were tried together. Defendant and his wife were operating a restaurant business at Oldham in this state; the restaurant being conducted on the first floor of a certain building and a hotel or rooming house above. There is some question in the record as to who was really the proprietor of the business. The lease of the premises ran to the wife,…