Stevenson v. State

Indictment against John Stevenson, charging that he, “ on or abou fc the 7tb day of December, 1878,” at, etc., “ did then and there unlawfully sell to John Joiner, intoxicating liquors, in a less quantity than a quart at a time, for the price of twenty-five cents, he, the said Stevenson, not being then and there licensed,” etc.

The indictment was returned on the 12th of December, 1878. Ho objection was taken to it.

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