People v. Fons

This case has been here before, and a reference to the opinion in People v. Fons, 223 Mich. 603, will make a long statement of facts unnecessary. Upon a second trial the defendant was convicted of keeping a place where intoxicating liquors were sold. He has brought the case into this court by exceptions before sentence, insisting the trial judge should have directed a verdict in his favor, citingPeople v. Woodhouse, 223 Mich. 608. A reference to the last named case will show it is easily distinguishable from the instant case.

The law which should govern the case upon a second trial was clearly…