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135 Minn. 98

State v. Thorvildson

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 8, 1916

Supreme Court of Minnesota · decided 1916-12-08

Defendant was indicted by the grand jury for the crime of selling intoxicating liquor without a license, tried in the district court for Polk county before Watts, J., and a jury which found defendant guilty as charged in the indictment. Prom the order denying his motion for an order directing the dismissal of the action or for a new trial, defendant appealed.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently November 1931

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Affirmed · Decided 1916-12-08

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Per Curiam.

¶1The appeal is from an order denying a new trial after a verdict finding appellant guilty of selling intoxicating liquors contrary to law. The assignments of error challenge only the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. There were only two witnesses produced concerning the sale. The prosecuting witness, a private detective employed by the county attorney, and defendant. Assuming both to be interested witnesses, it was nevertheless for the jury to determine who was telling the *99truth. That a witness is a detective and has been employed by the state to ascertain whether the liquor laws have been violated, does not justify the court in holding as a matter of law that his testimony is not worthy of credence. Some other points made in the brief, but not based on any assignment of error, need not be mentioned, for they are without merit.

¶2Order affirmed.

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