State v. Meloney
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. Charles D. Leggett, Judge. Defendant entered a plea of guilty to an indictment which, charged him with the crime of nuisance, committed by violating the law in regard to the sale of intoxicating liquors. He was adjudged to pay a fine of one thousand dollars, and to be imprisoned in the county jail in default of payment. From that judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The indictment was presented and filed in the district court on the twenty-fifth day of November, 1887, and charged that the crime alleged was committed on that day, and at other times since the ninth day of September, 1887. The minutes of evidence attached to the indictment show a large number-.of sales of beer. An affidavit of defendant, which states, in effect, that in conducting his business he did so in good faith, believing that he had a right to do so, for the reason that he had erected the building described in the indictment, and furnished and fitted it up for the sale of beer,…
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