Coggins v. State

(Iuerry, J.

1. Where, in an accusation in the city court of a named county, the State charges that on a designated date the accused “did on the day and date aforesaid sell and baiter for a valuable consideration a certain quantity of intoxicating whisky,” the accusation is not subject to demurrer for failure to allege the name of the person to whom the whisky was sold, or the quantity or the consideration; nor is it lacking in sufficient definiteness to put the accused on notice of the offense charged, in order that a proper defense may be prepared. “In an indictment charging a violation of…