State v. Donovan
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lawrence County; Hon. W. G. Rice, Judge. Michael J. Donovan was convicted of keeping his saloon open on Sunday, contrary to statute, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHaney, J.
Having been convicted of the crime of not keeping his saloon closed on Sunday, the defendant brought the record of such conviction to this court for review by an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court imposing a fine of $.ioo, and from its order denying defendant’s application for a new trial.
[4] The state having offered evidence tending to prove that the defendant was the proprietor of a licensed saloon in the city of Deadwood, that he was in his saloon on Sunday, December 18, 19.10, for “the space of one minute,” that he walked towards the *138stove with a coal scuttle in his hand, that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Arneson v. SpawnSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1891
- State v. GrantSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1905
- People v. TolmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
- State v. SchellSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1908
3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. AudissSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1945