State v. Haymond
West Virginia Supreme Court
*(Haymond, Judge, Absent). Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Jackson, rendered on the 21st day of March, 1879, on an indictment for selling spirituous liquors without a State-license in a case in said court then pending, wherein the State of West Virginia was plaintiff, and William Haymond was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Haymond. ITon.
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*(Haymond, Judge, Absent). Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Jackson, rendered on the 21st day of March, 1879, on an indictment for selling spirituous liquors without a State-license in a case in said court then pending, wherein the State of West Virginia was plaintiff, and William Haymond was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Haymond. ITon. Joseph Smith, judge of the seventh judicial circuit rendered the judgment complained of. The facts of the case fully appear in the opinion of the Court: The sale proved was a single act of selling…
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, PRESIDENT,
announced the opinion of the court:
In March, 1878, William IIaymond was indicted in the circuit court of Jackson county under sec. 1 of chap. 107 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1877, which declares, that “Ho person without a State-license therefor shall * * * sell, offer or expose for sale spirituous liquors, wines, porter, ale or beer or any drink of a like nature. And all mixtures or preparations known as 'bitters,’ or otherwise, which will produce intoxication, whether they be patented or not, shall be deemed spirituous liquors within the meaning of this section.”…
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