Court Opinion

ID: 9697294
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:11:28.598552+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:27:18.125303
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Me. Justice McBride:
I would agree that a man who sells liquor to a minor may be punished even if he did not know that the person to whom he sold was a minor. But in my opinion, the statute does not and cannot validly create an indictable misdemeanor under which a liquor licensee is *596punished' by a fine or imprisonment, or both, for the act of an employee in selling to a minor, where, as here, the act itself is done without the licensee’s knowledge, consent, or acquiescence. -1 would reverse the judgment and discharge the defendant.