State v. Kane

Citations

• 29 Del. 564
• 6 Boyce 564
• 101 A. 239
• 1917 Del. LEXIS 28

Syllabus

<p>Intoxicating Liquors—License—Validity,</p> <p>James Kane was indicted for selling intoxicating liquor pn April 27, 1917, in less quantity than one quart to be drunk off the premises, under a special license, issued to him on the fourteenth day of March, 1917, authorizing such a sale. On May ninth, 1917, plea of not guilty was entered. _ The act under which the special license had been issued was repealed, April fourth, 1917. The question before the court was as to the effect of the repeal on the license, in the absence of any saving from the operation of the repeal. Held, that the license is good and valid for a period of one year from the date of the issuance thereof.</p>