State v. Williamson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jippeal from Laclede Circuit Court. The defendant was indicted for selling liquor on Sunday.. The indictment charged that the defendant, “ on, &c., at, &c., with, Sro., did then and there sell to William Kudy and John McGenis, intoxicating liquor, to-wit: one quart of whisky, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, for the price and sum of twenty cents, contrary,” &e.
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Jippeal from Laclede Circuit Court. The defendant was indicted for selling liquor on Sunday.. The indictment charged that the defendant, “ on, &c., at, &c., with, Sro., did then and there sell to William Kudy and John McGenis, intoxicating liquor, to-wit: one quart of whisky, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, for the price and sum of twenty cents, contrary,” &e. A motion to quash the indictment was sustained by the Circuit Court, and the State appealed. that the indictment was sufficient, cited State v. Munger, 15 Vermont, 295. State v. Hereford, 13 Mo. Rep. 3.
1Opinion of the CourtLeonard, Judge
This indictment is sufficient. The statute (R. C. 1845, tit. “ Crimes and Punishments,” article 8, see. 24,) prohibits the *497selling o£ any fermented or distilled liquor on tbe first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and the indictment charges the defendant with selling “ an intoxicating liquor, to-wit: one quart of whisky, on Sunday.” It is believed the general rule now is, that it is enough to describe the offence in any language that brings the case within the statute. Formerly, greater nicety prevailed upon this subject, and at an early period in our law the rule-seems to have been…
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