Willard v. State

This was an indictment for retailing spirituous liquors without license. Trial by jury and verdict of guilty. Motion for a new trial overruled, and judgment on the verdict.

Two errors are assigned.

*408The first is, overruling the motion to quash the indictment.

The allegation which counsel deem defective, is, that Willard “unlawfully bartered and sold one pint of spirituous liquor,” &e. It is not alleged, in so many words, that the quantity sold was less than a quart. But the allegation, as it stands, seems sufficient. A pint is a measure as well known as a quart. The one word is quite as definite…