Dukes v. State

Blandford, Justice.

• Dukes was indicted for selling spirituous and intoxicating liquors to two minors. Upon the trial of the case, the evidence showed that he had sold to one minor, and the *796jury found him guilty. He says the conviction was wrong. He moved the court below to set aside the judgment, and the court refused to do so. We think the court was right. If it were necessary, in order to constitute the offence, that he should have sold to two minors, then the proof should have shown that he sold to two minors; but the offence was complete when he sold to one minor. The evidence showed…