People v. Farwell
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo Circuit. An action was commenced before a Justice of the Peace' in Kalamazoo County, against Farwell, under section 16* of the “ Act to prevent the manufacture and sale of spirituous- and intoxicating liquors as a beverage.” Judgment was* rendered against bim for $10 damages, and $5 costs, whereupon he removed the cause, by writ of certiorari, to- the* Kalamazoo Circuit Court.
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Error to Kalamazoo Circuit. An action was commenced before a Justice of the Peace' in Kalamazoo County, against Farwell, under section 16* of the “ Act to prevent the manufacture and sale of spirituous- and intoxicating liquors as a beverage.” Judgment was* rendered against bim for $10 damages, and $5 costs, whereupon he removed the cause, by writ of certiorari, to- the* Kalamazoo Circuit Court. At the June term, 1656, of said Court, Hon. Abner Pratfe presiding, the judgment of the Justice was reversed. Upon which judgment this writ of error was sued out, under section! 12 of said Act.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Johnson, J.
This was a prosecution against the defendant, for selling-spirituous and intoxicating liquors, contrary to the Act .of 1855; The prosecution was commeneed before a Justice *557of the Peace, and the defendant was there tried and convicted. On the trial, various exceptions were taken to the ruling of the Justice. After judgment the cause was removed to the Circuit Court, by writ of certiorari, arid that Court, upon a review of the case, reversed the judgment. TJpon- tlio judgment of the Circuit Court the plaintiff has sued out a writ of error.
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