State v. Clottu

This was an indictment against tbe appellee for selling intoxicating liquor (less than a quart) to a- person under twenty-one years of age. It was determined by the court below as a matter of law upon tbe trial, that if tbe father of tbe infant authorized tbe appellee to make tbe sale to bis son, sucb fact would be a good defense, and there was accordingly an acquittal upon that ground. Tbe State reserved tbe question of law for tbe opinion of tbis court, and now presents it..

The statute (1 G. & H. 614), in language too distinct to leave any question as to its meaning, prohibits tbe sale of…