People v. Longwell

Respondent was indicted by a grand jury in Yan Burén county, charged with having, on the 3d day of December, 1897, as a druggist and registered pharmacist, sold and delivered to John Price,' who was intoxicated at the time, eight ounces of alcohol, contrary to the provisions of the local option law in force in that county. The indictment charges that the sale was made by the respondent personally. On the trial the people *315introduced testimony which, it is conceded, established that the local option law was in force in that county at the time of the alleged sale, and that respondent was a…