Keller v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeals from the Criminal Court of Baltimore city. In these cases, each of the appellants was indicted for a violation of the license laws.
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Appeals from the Criminal Court of Baltimore city. In these cases, each of the appellants was indicted for a violation of the license laws. Each indictment contained eight counts, charging, in substance, that the traverser, on the 2nd of May 1856, unlawfully kept, in the city of Baltimore, an ordinary, or place for the sale of, exposed for sale, and sold, spirituous liquors, to wit, whiskey, brandy, gin, rum, and fermented liquors, to wit, wine, porter, ale, and lager beer, in quantities less than a pint, without first obtaining a license so to do, contrary to the form of the act of Assembly…
1Opinion of the CourtTuck, J.
These cases were argued and will be decided together, as they all depend on the same condition of facts and law. In view of their importance, as affecting the public interest, we have considered them upon the merits, and having concluded that the parties were properly indicted and convicted, it is immaterial to them whether we affirm or dismiss the appeals. The latter point wo have not examined.
These appellants were indicted, each in eight several counts, for violating the license laws, from which they claim exemption, because they “are manufacturers of lager-beer, which they retail in small…
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