State v. Provencher
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury for the crime of unlawfully selling liquor, tried in the district court for Pennington county before Grindeland, J., and a jury which found him guilty as charged in the indictment. From am order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1DissentHallam, J.
Defendant, a night clerk in a hotel, is charged with the unlawful sale of whiskey in a “dry” county to one Bell. He himself gave this version of the affair:
“He asked me if I could get him some whiskey. I told him I would have to go out and see if I could find a fellow. He asked me how much it was and I told him a dollar, and he * * * says here is $1.15 * * * He says what time can I get it; I says come around later. And I went *219out about 10 o’clock and got the bottle of whiskey for him, and I came back to the hotel and put it down stairs at the end of the hall until he came back and got it.” He…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1876
- Burnett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Partin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
- Wortham v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1902
- People v. LaphamMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
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