State v. Wright

At the January term, 1886, of the circuit court of Clatsop County, defendants were indicted for the crime of selling spirituous liquors in less,quantities than one gal-*367Ion, without having first obtained a license therefor. The indictment sets out a license issued to the defendants by the city of Astoria, dated January 2, 1886, which purports to authorize them to sell spirituous liquors by retail in said city for one year, for which privilege they had paid the city of Astoria $200. The defendants demurred to this indictment for the following reasons:

First—The grand jury by which it was found…