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Wynehamer v. . the People

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 5, 1856PublishedCited by 208 opinions

Wtnehamer, the defendant in the court below in the case first above entitled, was, in July, 1855, indicted at a court of general sessions, held in and for the county of Erie, for selling intoxicating liquors, contrary to the provisions of the statute entitled “ An act for the prevention of intemperance, pauperism and crime.”

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Wtnehamer, the defendant in the court below in the case first above entitled, was, in July, 1855, indicted at a court of general sessions, held in and for the county of Erie, for selling intoxicating liquors, contrary to the provisions of the statute entitled “ An act for the prevention of intemperance, pauperism and crime.” The indictment contained several counts, each of which charged in substance that the defendant, on a day subsequent to the 4th of July, 1855, at the city of Buffalo, wilfully and unlawfully and contrary to the form of the statute, sold to persons unauthorized by law to…

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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The defendant, Wynehammer, was indicted and convicted by a common-law jury, in the court of sessions of Erie county, for selling liquors in small quantities contrary to the "Act for the prevention of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
  2. Dash v. Van KleeckNew York Supreme Court · 1811
  3. Inhabitants of Goshen v. Inhabitants of StoningtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1822
  4. Mayor of New York v. LordNew York Supreme Court · 1837

3Cited by208 opinions

  1. Matter of Application of JacobsNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  2. Ives v. South Buffalo Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
  3. Bertholf v. . O'ReillyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  4. Sharrock v. Dell Buick-Cadillac, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. People v. . HavnorNew York Court of Appeals · 1896

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