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58 Ind. 63

Manvelle v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1877

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1877-11-15

<p>Liquob Law.—Indictment.— Unlawful Sale.—Quantity.—An indictment for an unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, which contains no averment as to the quantity sold, is insufficient.</p>

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently April 1881

3 state decisions

Relies on Brutton v. State · Cool v. State

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Decided 1877-11-15

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Per Curiam.

¶1Prosecution for selling intoxicating liquor to a minor.

¶2*64Motion to quash affidavit overruled, and exception; trial, conviction and judgment.

¶3The affidavit on which the prosecution is based is as follows:

¶4“ Thomas J. Lockwood swears that George Manvelle, late of said county and State aforesaid, on or about the 15th day of January, 1876, at and in the county of Delaware, and State of Indiana, did then and there unlawfully sell, barter and give away, for five cents, a certain intoxicating liquor to him, the said Thomas J. Lockwood, he, the said Thomas J. Lockwood, being then and there a person under the age of 21 years, contrary,” etc.

¶5The prosecution was based upon the 13th section of the act of 1875, on the subiect of intoxicating liquor. 1 R. S. 1876, p. 872.

¶6Passing over other objections made to the affidavit, it was fatally defective in not stating the quantity of liquor sold. Cool v. The State, 16 Ind. 355; Brutton v. The State, 4 Ind. 601.

¶7The judgment below is reversed, and the cause is remanded, with instructions to the court below to quash the affidavit.

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