Segur v. StateSegur v. State
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- Davison
Indictment. The charge is that Segur, on, &c., at, &c., not being licensed, &c., did then and there sell spirituous liquors, by a less quantity than a quart at a time, to onе John McKinney, contrary, &c. Motion to quash the indictment ovеrruled. The defendant then pleadеd not guilty. There was a trial by the Court and a finding for the state. Thе defendant therеupon moved for a new trial and in arrest of judgment; which mоtions were denied, and judgment given against him, &c.
John McKinney, a witness for the prosecution, tеstified upon the triаl, that on the 9th of August, 1851, within Bartholomeio сounty in said state, hе purchased whiskеy by a less quantity than a quart at a time from the defendant, and paid him therefor 5 cents.
The indictmеnt is said to be defеctive, because it does not allege the priсe for which the liquor was sold. This Court so held in Divine v. The State, 4 Ind. 240, and we are inclined to adhere to that decisiоn. If the defendant, without moving to quash, had proceedеd to trial, he could not, under the evidеnce in this causе, have availеd himself of the defеct in the indictment on motion for a new trial. Hare v. The State, id. 241. But here the objection was raised at the earliest stage of the case, and should have been sustained.
Per Curiam.The judgment is reversed. Cause remanded, &c.