Case Name: The State of Iowa, Appellee, v. George Baskins, Appellant
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1891-05-19
Citations: 82 Iowa 761
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State of Iowa, Appellee, v. George Baskins, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 82
Pages: 761–761

Head Matter:
The State of Iowa, Appellee, v. George Baskins, Appellant.
Intoxicating Liquors; nuisance : evidence.
Appeal from Montgomery District Court. — Hon. H. E. Deemer, Judge.
Tuesday, May 19, 1891.
The defendant was convicted on an indictment charging him with Peeping a house for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors. He ■appeals.
Affirmed.
C. E. Richards, J. C. Cooper and Edward Mills, for appellant.
John Y. Stone, Attorney General, and R. W. Beeson, County Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
Eothrock,- J.
It is not claimed by the state that the defendant was the Peeper of an open saloon. He occupied a d welling-house with three rooms, where it is insisted that he carried on the unlawful traffic charged. There is no direct evidence of any actual sales ; but on the -eighteenth day of September, 1889, the house was searched by officers, and a jug partly filled with whisPey, and two bottles of whiskey, and a large number of empty bottles and some glasses which had contained beer were found in the house. The question submitted to the jury was whether liquors were Pept in the house for sale, or merely for the private use of the defendant and his family. This issue of fact is the only question presented by this appeal. We have carefully examined the evidence, and are united in the conclusion that the jury was fully warranted in finding that the defendant was guilty as charged. It would serve no useful purpose to review the evidence in an opinion.
The judgment of the district court is affirmed.