State v. Cottrill

Johnson, President :

At the July term, 1886, of the Circuit Court of Doddridge county, the defendant was indicted for unlawfully retailing spirituous liquors. The indictment charged thafc“Emmer-son Oottrill, on the-day of January, 1886, * * * in the said county, unlawfully, and without a State license therefor, did sell, offer and expose for sale, in said county, spirituous liquors, wine, porter, ale, and beer, and drinks of like nature, and a mixture thereof,” etc. The defendant moved the court to quash the indictment, which motion was overruled, and the defendant pleaded not guilty. The…