Scanlon v. City of Denver

From a judgment finding defendant guilty of a violation of an ordinance of the city of Denver, he appeals. The case was tried as a test case upon an agreed statement of facts.

The prosecution was under section 1 of ordinance 102 of the series of 1892, whose title is: “An Ordinance concerning the licensing and regulating of dram shops and tippling houses.” Section 1 reads:

“No person or corporation shall, within the corporate limits of the city of Denver, directly or indirectly, in person or by another, either as principal, agent,, clerk or servant, sell or give away any intoxicating or malt…