Case Name: State of Iowa v. George Johnson, Appellant
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1894-12-13
Citations: 92 Iowa 768
Docket Number: 
Parties: State of Iowa v. George Johnson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 92
Pages: 768–769

Head Matter:
State of Iowa v. George Johnson, Appellant.
Liquor nuisance not proven.
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. F. Conrad, Judge.
Thursday, December 13, 1894.
The defendant was convicted in police court of the crime of owning and keeping intoxicating liquors in this state with intent to sell the same, in violation of law. He appealed to the district eourt, and was again convicted. From the judgment of that court he appeals.
Reversed.
A. A. Haskins for appellant.
John T. Stow, attorney general, for the state.

Opinion:
Bobinson, J.
This cause is submitted for our decision on a printed abstract and partial transcript of the record, without an argument for either party. The evidence shows that, before the filing of the information in this case, a restaurant was carried on in the front room of a place described as 712 Walnut street. In a backroom intoxicating liquors were found on several occasions. Whether the place was in Polk county does not appear. The defendant had been seen in the front room, but it is not shown that he owned or controlled, or had any interest in, the liquors, nor that he was ever seen in the room where they were kept, nor that he was ever in any manner connected with, or concerned in, the business carried on. So far as is shown, he may have been in the front room as a customer for lawful purposes only. The evidence submitted to us is not sufficient to sustain the conviction, and the judgment of the district court ÍS REVERSED.