Peters v. District Court
Peters v. District Court
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff was enjoined, under the statute, from keeping for sale or selling intoxicating liquors. Thereafter his premises were searched under a warrant, and certain liquors and beer bottles found thereon, and thereupon he was charged with violating said injunction, and on conviction was fined $200. We think the plaintiff fully overcame the presumption arising from the presence of liquors and beer bottles found on his premises, but on the hearing it was proven, and not disputed, that after said permanent injunction had been granted he sold at retail as a beverage, a large quantity of an article called “Hop tonic,” which it is shown contained 3.46 per cent., by weight, of alcohol, or about 4 per cent, by volume. Plaintiff’s contention ■ is that he did not lcngw that this liquor was intoxicating, and that he relied on the repre
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- H. C. Peters v. The District Court of Jefferson County, Iowa
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