Case Name: Nicholas Ochsner v. Commonwealth
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1872-12-30
Citations: 6 Ky. Op. 179
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nicholas Ochsner v. Commonwealth.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 6
Pages: 179–180

Head Matter:
Nicholas Ochsner v. Commonwealth.
Intoxicating Liquors — Sale to Minor — Proof.
In a prosecution for unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, accused can not prove facts tending to show that he had reason to believe the minor to he over 21 years of age.
APPEAL FROM KENTON- CIRCUIT COURT.
December 30, 1872.
Ellis, for appellant.
Attorney General, for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Lindsay:
The court did not err in refusing to permit appellant to prove facts conducing to show that he had reason to believe the minor to whom the liquor was sold to be over the age of twenty-one years. 6 Bush 400. Nor was it error to overrule the motion to exclude the testimony of the father as to the age of the minor. If such testimony was not competent, it would be impossible to prove the age of any one.
This court can not reverse for error of the court below in refusing to sustain a demurrer to' an indictment charging a person with a misdemeanor. Sec. 349, Crim. Code. It is unnecessary therefore to criticise the indictment in this case.
Judgment affirmed.