Chipman v. People

Chiee Justice Campbell

delivered the opinion of the court.

To a judgment imposed under a conviction for selling, without a legal license, liquor in less quantity than one gallon, the defendant brings his case here by writ of error. The prosecution is founded upon an act of the general assembly prohibiting such sale, found at page 259 of the Session Laws of 1891 (3 Mills’ Ann Stats, sec. 1346). It provides that “Every person, not having a legal license therefor, who shall barter, sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, * * * liquors in less quantity than one gallon, * * * shall be deemed guilty…