People v. Locy

This is a prosecution for an alleged violation of section 5409, 3 Comp. Laws 1897, which provides that, during the time that places where liquors are sold or kept for sale are required to be closed, “all curtains”, screens, partitions, and other things that obstruct the view, from the sidewalk, street, alley, or road in front of or at the side or end of said building, of the bar or place in said room where said liquors are sold or kept for sale, shall be removed.”

The evidence on the part of the prosecution was substantially as follows: That the curtain in the north window was stretched across…