Legal Opinion

State v. Kight

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 31, 1908No. Nos. 15,934—(41)PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Defendant was convicted in the district court for Big Stone .county under R. R. 1905, § 1519, of selling intoxicating liquor in less ■quantity than five gallons without a license, and sentenced to the common jail for forty five days, and to pay a fine of $75 and costs. From an order, Flaherty, J., denying defendant’s motion for a new trial and from the judgment of 'conviction and sentence, 'he appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

Defendant was convicted of selling intoxicating liquor without a license, and appealed from an order denying a new trial. The facts disclosed by the record are that on June 30, 1907, the date charged in the indictment, defendant, a resident of Ortonville, this state, stocked a barge on Big Stone Lake with intoxicating liquors and anchored it about three miles up the lake, a short distance from McGaughey’s Park, a public resort on the Minnesota side of the lake, from which he dispensed his goods to those who came from the park to make purchases. A game of ball was being played at the park on…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Buel v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Southern Express Co. v. Commonwealth of VirginiaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  3. Latshaw v. State ex rel. LatshawIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Frese v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
  5. State v. QuirkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Bracy v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
  2. State v. TownleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
  3. Jenkins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
  4. State v. HansonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
  5. State v. WoodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926

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