Minnesota Supreme Court, 1919

State v. Zuponcic

State v. Zuponcic
Minnesota Supreme Court · Decided May 23, 1919 · Dibell
142 Minn. 448; 172 N.W. 693; 1919 Minn. LEXIS 652 (Minnesota Reports)

State v. Zuponcic

Opinion of the Court

Dibell, J.

The defendant was ponvicted of selling intoxicating liquor to one Tikkonen, at Aurora, in St. Louis County, and appeals.

St. Louis is dry. A sale there, with exceptions not material here, is in violation of the local option statute. Laws 1915, p. 24, c. 23. Tik-konen and his partner testified that the defendant sold the former whiskey. The defendant denied doing so. He was conducting a soft drinks establishment where it was claimed the sale was made. His testimony was corroborated by that of two or three witnesses. The jury could have *449found that no sale was made. It chose to find that one was made. The determination of the fact was within its exclusive province and the evidence is quite sufficient to sustain its finding.

Order affirmed'.

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