Meyer v. State

This was an indictment for giving intoxicating liquor to a minor, under the sixth section of the act of February 27th, 1873.

It is claimed that the indictment is bad, and ought to have been quashed on motion, because it does not show that the defendant had or had not a permit. We do not think so. That section makes it unlawful to sell or give intoxicating liquor to a minor, whether the seller or giver has or has not a permit, and the fourteenth section fixes the penalty.

It is insisted that the evidence does not sustain the finding and judgment. In this view we fully concur.

The indictment…