Hill v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Woodward county on a charge of selling whisky to a minor, and was sentenced to serve a term of 240 days in the state penitentiary and to pay a fine of $150.

The information alleges that defendant sold to one Eddie Nelson, a minor, one-half gallon of spirituous liquor commonly called whisky. It is first argued that the information is defective in failing to allege that the liquor contained as much as one-half of 1 per cent, of alcohol, measured by volume. There is nothing in this contention. Section…