Legal Opinion

State v. Cox

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided January 15, 1860PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Dade Circuit Court. I. It is not necessary to set forth in the indictment the particular kind of liquor sold. (6 Blackf. 105, 554; 28 Pick. 275.)

1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge

The statute enacts that no person shall directly or indirectly sell intoxicating liquors in any quantity less than one gallon without taking out a license as a dram-shop keeper. The defendant was indicted under this section, and it is charged that on, &c., at, &c., he did unlawfully sell intoxicating liquors, in less quantity than one gallon, without then and there having a dram shop keeper’s license, or any other authority, &c. ■ We have gone a great way in endeavoring to uphold the proceedings in criminal cases, but we see clearly that the farther we go the further we are required to go. A…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Fletcher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  2. State v. BurchardSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Edwards v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
  4. Fehringer v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1915
  5. State v. RyanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888

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