State v. Parker Distilling Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. —Hon. Wilson A. Taylor, Judge. (1) The traffic in intoxicating liquors in the State of Missouri is declared by law to be illegal. It is not a primary, natural or fundamental right, but is an occupation which no one has the right to pursue without a license. State v. Austin, 10 Mo. 591; State v.. Hudson, 13 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. —Hon. Wilson A. Taylor, Judge. (1) The traffic in intoxicating liquors in the State of Missouri is declared by law to be illegal. It is not a primary, natural or fundamental right, but is an occupation which no one has the right to pursue without a license. State v. Austin, 10 Mo. 591; State v.. Hudson, 13 Mo. App. 61; Higgins v. Talty, 157 Mo. 287; State v. Bixman, 162 Mo. 21; Black on Intoxicating Liquors, secs. 51,. 127, 128, 189; Crowley v. Christensen, 137 U. S. 86; State v. Finney, 178 Mo. 385. (2) All statutes regulating the…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
The prosecuting attorney of the city of St. Louis, on October 19, 1909, filed in the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction an information, duly verified, charging the defendant with having en*237gaged in the business of manufacturing, selling and exposing for sale in that city intoxicating liquors, in violation of an act of the Legislature, approved June 1, 1909, Laws 1909, p. 654.
The sufficiency of the information is not challenged, and for that reason, wé will not copy it in the statement of the case.
On October 20th, thereafter, the defendant was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. On the 26th…
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