State v. Karn

The defendant having been tried and convicted of the offence of selling spirituous and intoxicating liquor to a slave without the written consent of the owner, appeals from the judgment imposing a fine of $301, and one month’s imprisonment.

The bill of exception to the refusal of the Judge to continue the cause on ac*184count of the absence of a witness, cannot be examined by us, as it rests upon a fact found by the District Judge against the accused.

The indictment charges that the defendant on &c., at &c., “ a certain quantity of spirituous and intoxicating liquor did sell to a certain slave…