¶1Indictment for retailing liquor, &c.
¶2This case involves the same question as that decided in Simpson v. The State, 17 Ind. 444. The judgment below is, therefore, affirmed, with costs.
20 Ind. 37
Downey v. State
Decided May 15, 1863
Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1863-05-15
<p>Criminal Law and Practice. — An indictment or information, under § 11, of the Act of March 5, 1859, (Acts 1859, p. 202,) for selling or giving away liquor to a minor, need not state the kind of liquor sold or given away, but must aver it-to have been an “intoxicating liquor;” and on the trial it must appear that the liquor was within the definition of the term, “intoxicating liquor,” given in § 2 of the Act.</p>
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently May 1878
1 state decisions
Relies on Simpson v. State
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1863-05-15
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