Legal Opinion

People v. Myers

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 1, 1910No. Docket No. 159PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Exceptions before judgment from Eaton; Smith, J. Lindley C. Myers was convicted of violating the local-option law.

1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.

Respondent was informed against and convicted of an alleged violation of the local-option law, and appeals to this court. Respondent, at the time of the commission of the alleged offense, was clerk of a hotel, *41and we assume that he boarded and lodged therein. The offense consisted in gratuitously furnishing beer to two dining-room girls in the room of one of them, for social purposes.

The only questions raised which require consideration are:(1) Was the beer furnished in respondent’s home so that the case is ruled by People v. Peterson, 156 Mich. 235 (120 N. W. 570, 21 L. R. A. [N. S.]…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Cruse v. AdenIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Feek v. Township Board of BloomingdaleMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
  3. People v. WhitneyMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
  4. State v. FulksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
  5. Reynolds v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. BedellMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  2. People v. HancockMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
  3. People v. CurryMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  4. People v. SlaterMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  5. People v. C. Kern Brewing Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1911

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