State v. Wetsch

PEDERSON, Justice.

Marion Wetsch has appealed from his conviction in the Stark County Court With Increased Jurisdiction for possession of a pistol in an establishment engaged in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages, § 62-01-04.1, NDCC. See, § 62-01-01, NDCC. We affirm.

On the evening of July 28, 1980, Wetsch entered a tavern in South Heart, North Dakota. He was carrying a pistol which he laid on the bar in the presence of a barmaid. After he left, the barmaid reported the incident to a Stark County deputy sheriff, who was in the area at the time. The barmaid did not know Wetsch, but the…