Spake v. People

The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted in the Bureau circuit court upon eight counts of an indictment, each of which charged that he had, at and within said county, not having a license to keep a dram shop, sold intoxicating liquor to be drank upon the premises where sold, contrary to the form of the statute, etc.

He did make eight distinct sales of intoxicating liquors to be drank upon the premises where sold. Said sales were made within the corporate limits of the town of Princeton in said county. By an amendment of the charter of said town it has the power and authority to regulate,…