Wright v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Stark county; the Hon. D. McCulloch, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mtjlkey
Charles W. Wright was convicted at the March term, 1879, of the Stark county circuit court, for the selling of intoxicating liquors without a license, and on error to. the Appellate Court for the Second District that conviction was affirmed. Thereupon the plaintiff sued out the present writ of error, and the ease is now here for review.
Plaintiff in error admits the selling of intoxicating liquors without a license, but insists that under the circumstances he incurred no criminal liability in doing so. The evidence shows that at the time of the sales for which the indictment was preferred,…
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