State v. Shoemaker

Indictment against a licensed grocer for vending spirituous liquor to a minor, without the consent of his parent, &c.

Motion to quash in the Circuit Court sustained.

The indictment professes to meet the requisitions of *101s. 95, c. 53, of the R. S. 1843. It is objected that the language of that section is not followed. The statute reads, that if a licensed grocer,&c., “sell, &c.,to a minor, without the consent of his parent or guardian.” The indictment runs, “without the consent of his parent,” omitting the words, “or guardian.”

A. L. Robinson, for the state. J. Pitcher, for the defendant.

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