State v. Robinson

Citations

• 67 Wash. 425
• 121 P. 848
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1195

Syllabus

<p>Intoxicating Liquors — Local Option Law — Application — Wholesale Dealers — Statutes—Construction. The local option law of 1909 (Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6292 et seqA prohibits sales of intoxicating liquors by wholesalers in dry units, notwithstanding the proviso that wholesalers may deliver unbroken packages at residences in dry units; in view of the restrictions against all sales in any quantity whatsoever in dry units or the taking or soliciting of orders therein, and the often repeated use of the term “sale” whenever and wherever it was intended to permit a sale in a dry ■ unit, which do not include sales hy wholesalers, and also the safeguarding of sales by druggists in dry territory, and the general purpose and spirit of the act, all of which require that the proviso be strictly construed to conform to the language of the general provisions; consequently “sales” by wholesalers, whether located within or without the dry unit, must be made outside of the district.</p>