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37 Ark. 96

State v. Keith

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided May 15, 1881

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1881-05-15

<p>3. Liquor: Selling without license.</p> <p>A licensed dealer may sell his own or any other’s liquor without offense j and if the owner has license, his agent may sell; but-if neither tie-seller, owr.er or person interested in the sale has license, all may be guilty.</p>

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Decided 1881-05-15

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Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently January 1923

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English, C. J.

¶1The indictment charged that J. A. Keith* on the fifteenth day of July, 1880, in Logan county, unlawfully did sell to one Charles Sharp, one pint of ardent liquor, without the owner or owners thereof having previously procured a license from the County Court of said county* authorizing such sale, against the peace, &c.

¶2The Court sustained a demurrer to the indictment, and the State appealed.

¶3All the allegations of the indictment may be true, and yet appellee guilty of no offense. It is not alleged that he sold the liquor without license, and if he had license, no matter whether the owner of the liquor had or not. Any licensed dealer may sell his own or the liquor of-others without offense.

¶4So, if the owner has license, one acting as his agent, or in his employ, may sell without violation of law.

¶5But if the seller has no license, and the owner, or a person interested in the sale none, all may be liable. Acts of 8th March, 1879, Sec. 5. Cloud v. State, 36 Ark. 151.

¶6Affirmed.

¶7On this opinion the following cases are affirmed :

¶8No. 56, State v. Nelson, appeal from Logan.

¶9No. 57, State v. Barton, appeal from Logan.

¶10No. 58, State v. Perkins, appeal from Logan.

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