Colson v. State

Blackford, J.-

— Indictment for vending foreign merchandize without license. The charge alleged in the indictment is, “that the defendant, on, &c., in eighteen hundred and forty-three, in Union county, &c., not having a license, &c., sold to Anderson Sutton, at and for the sum of six and a fourth’ cents, one-fourth of a pound of pepper, the same not being the product of the United States,” &c. Plea, not guilty. *591Cause submitted to the Court, and judgment for the state. A motion by the defendant for a new trial was overruled.

J. Hyman, for the plaintiff. A. A. Hammond, for the state.

It was proved…