Austin v. State

This was an indictment for selling spirituous liquors, in quantities less -than one quart, without license. The indictment charged that the defendant, at, &c., on, &c., did unlawfully carry on the trade and business of a dram-shop keeper, and that he did then and there unlawfully sell intoxicating liquors in a quantity less than a quart, without having any license therefor, contrary, &c. The defendant appeared, and pleaded, 1st, that he had never resided in the State of Missouri for the space of t-wo years before the finding of the indictment; 2nd, that he was a natural born citizen of the…