State v. Turner

Citations

• 63 Kan. 714
• 66 P. 1008
• 1901 Kan. LEXIS 215

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Intoxicating Liquors — Nuisance. A defendant was charged in two counts of an information with having made illegal sales of intoxicating liquor, and in the third count with the maintenance of a nuisance, under section 2493, General Statutes of 1901. The evidence introduced by the state was confined to sales of liquor labeled “ Canadian Malt,” made on a particular day. Defendant admitted the sales, but defended upon the ground that the liquor sold was not intoxicating. The jury acquitted on the counts for selling, but convicted the defendant on the nuisance charge. Held, that the conviction cannot be sustained.</p>