Standard Oil Co. v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 99 — INDICTMENT FOR MISDEMEANOR APPEAL EROM GALLATIN CIRCUIT COURT. (No briefs in the record.)
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE WHITE
delivered the opinion oe the court.
The appellant, Standard Oil Company, was indicted and convicted of peddling without license, its fine assessed at sixty dollars, and it appeals.
Appellant’s counsel insists that the indictment is insufficient.
The indictment follows the statutes and is confessedly sufficient, except the charge is against a corporation who can -act only by an agent, and it is argued that the offense, if committed at all, would be by the agent who actually sold the things prohibited. It is insisted that under the statute no license could issue to the corporation, as…
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