State v. Ford
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. F. W. Hunter, Judge. The defendants were accused of conveying intoxicating liquors within the state to persons not holding a permit and, on trial, acquitted' by the police court. Thereupon the State appealed to the district court, which affirmed the decision. From this ruling, the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The accusation, against D. D. Ford and John Pumroy is the “violation of Code, section 2419, in conveying such liquor to one not a permit holder”; the liquor previously having been described as intoxicating. The charge is not specific, but the sufficiency of the information is not questioned. The particular offense was in carrying, as employees of a drayman, three cases of beer shipped by H. Brew Company from Rock Island, Ill., via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, to three persons at Ottumwa, Iowa; the defendants having procured the said cases from the railroad company at its…
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