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46 Mo. 584

State v. Wolff

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1870

Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1870-10-15

<p>1. Criminal law— Information for selling intoxicating liquors — Allegata and •probata. — Where an information for selling intoxicating liquors in quantities less than ten gallons, charged that the sales wore made “to A. and divers other persons to informant unknown,” and the evidence showed sales to other parties, hut none to A., the variance between the pleadings and proofs was immaterial.</p>

Decided 1870-10-15

'CüRRiER, Judge,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2The defendant was proceeded against in the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction, by information, for selling intoxicating liquors in quantities less than ten gallons. The information charges that the sales were made to one William Ingersoll and to “ divers other persons whose names were to the affiant (complainant) unknown.” There was no proof of any sale to Inger-soll, but the evidence tended to show the fact of sales to other parties. It is objected that there is a fatal variance between the allegations and proofs. This objection seems to be founded upon the assumption that it is not alleged that the names of the “divers other persons” mentioned in the complaint were unknown .to the complainant.. That fact is distinctly averred, as a recurrence to the complaint will show. The variance between the pleadings and proofs was immaterial. (2 Whart. Am. Crim. Law, §§ 2443-4.)

¶3Let the judgment be affirmed.

The other judges concur.
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