People v. Ringsted

The respondent keeps an hotel in the city of Muskegon. Within his hotel building he has a saloon, connected with the hotel office by a door. The washroom also has a door opening into the saloon. Back of the saloon is a hallway, into which the office and the saloon open by doors. A door leads from the hallway out of the building in the rear; and in the hallway, a distance of 10 or 12 feet from the saloon door, is a door leading into a little room, called the “ Greenroom.”

The respondent was convicted of the offense of keeping his saloon open, and not closed, on Sunday, the 11th day of October,…