Blakely v. State ( 1880 )

Campbell, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Sect. 2456 of the Code, and “An act to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors by druggists,” approved April 17, 1873 (Acts 1873, p. 102), and that part of “An act to regulate the tax on privileges and to provide a uniform license system,” approved March 5, 1878 (Acts 1878, p. 12), which applies to the sale of vinous or spirituous liquors by druggists, all have reference to sales by druggists of less quantities than one gallon. Any person could sell vinous or spirituous liquor in quantities of one gallon or more, after paying the privilege tax of fifty dollars and obtaining the privilege license required by the act of March 5, 1878, recited above. A druggist could lawfully do this and sell by the gallon or more, as any other person, but he could not lawfully sell as a druggist smallei-quantities than one gallon without the prescription of a physician. The indictment should have been quashed, because it does not aver that the party sold less than a gallon.

Judgment reversed and indictment quashed.