Legal Opinion

State v. Denoon

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 12, 1890PublishedCited by 15 opinions

cited: Const. Art. Ill § 5 ; 22 W. Va. 812; 31 W. Va. 162; Const. Dim. (5th Ed.) 386, 388, 487, 488 ; 9 Midi. 321; 97 Mass: 547; 7 Md. 416; 15 Mich. 408; 19 Am. Eep. 348; 41 Am. Eep. 497 ; 88 Mo. 417; Id. 88 ; 7 West. Eep. 117; 105 Ind. 469 ; 4 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law 870, 871; Code c. 116 §29. ■ cited, Code c. 32.

1Opinion of the Court

SNYDER, PRESIDENT :

On August 3, 1889, J. W. Denoon was indicted in the Circuit Court, of Jackson county, (under section 1, c. 32, Code 1887) for selling spirituous liquors without a State license to do so. The case was tried by the court in lieu of a jury, and a judgment entered for the State against the defendant for a fine of ten dollars and costs. All the evidence is certified, from which it appears,, that the State proved three sales of whisky by the defendant to the prosecuting witness J. C. Goodwin, who testified that said sales were made on prescriptions. The defendant then introduced…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Nutter v. SydenstrickerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Claflin v. SteenbockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1868
  3. State v. GriggsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Deepwater Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Rohrbaugh v. RohrbaughWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Rohrbaugh v. RohrbaughWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
  4. State v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Risher v. Wheeling Roofing & Cornice Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905

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