State v. Bradley

Citations

• 15 S.D. 148
• 87 N.W. 590
• 1901 S.D. LEXIS 100

Syllabus

<p>1. Under laws 1897, Chap. 72, § 11, malting it unlawful to-sell, furnish, or give away intoxicating liquors to a minor, an indictment alleging an unlawful selling and giving away of intoxicants to a minor charges a single offense.</p> <p>2. Under laws 1897, Chap. 72, § 11, making the fact of selling intoxicants to a minor prima facie evidence of an intent to violate the law, an accused indicted for such selling may show that he acted in good faith, without criminal intent, and was innocently ignorant of the purchaser’s minority.</p>