State v. Johns
| Citation | 118 N.W. 295,140 Iowa 125 |
| Parties | STATE v. JOHNS. |
| Decision Date | 17 November 1908 |
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Iowa |
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Appeal from District Court, Mitchell County; J. F. Clyde, Judge.
Indictment for maintaining a liquor nuisance. Plea, not guilty. Trial was had before a jury. Verdict of guilty, and judgment thereon. Defendant appeals. Affirmed.George E. Marsh, for appellant.
H. W. Byers, Atty. Gen., C. W. Lyon, Asst. Atty. Gen., and C. E. Salisbury, County Atty., for the State.
On October 12, 1907, an indictment was returned against the defendant, charging him with maintaining a liquor nuisance in the town of Osage, on or about the 1st day of January, 1906, and on other days between said date and the time of finding the indictment. The evidence introduced on behalf of the state on the trial tended to show the following facts: Some time in the latter part of 1905 or the beginning of 1906, the defendant had a conversation with W. H. Weaver, agent for the Illinois Central Railroad Company at the town of Osage. The subject of the conversation was the proposed shipment, from time to time, of certain packages to the defendant as consignee. It was contemplated that the packages under consideration would be identified and marked “Club No. 5.” The defendant desired that such packages should come consigned to Club No. 5, but the agent declined such suggestion. The defendant instructed the agent to deliver the goods, when received in his absence, to C. F. Alchon or W. J. Simpson. After such conversation large quantities of the proposed goods were received at the railroad office, consigned to defendant, and delivered in accordance with the defendant's instructions. These packages purported to be shipped from brewing companies at Dubuque, Waverly, and Albert Lea, and a large number of the packages were marked “ale” or “beer.” Weaver was examined as a witnesson behalf of the state. He produced his records as station agent, including receipts signed by defendant for freight consigned to him and delivered principally to Alchon. The following is a list of such freight receipts, including a description of the contents of each package as it was marked thereon:
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¦Exhibit¦Date ¦Kind ¦Weight¦Consignee ¦Receipt by ¦
¦No. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦18 ¦May 5, ¦Ginger¦200 ¦Club No. 5 ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦19 ¦May 7, ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦20 ¦May 12, ¦Ginger¦170 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦21 ¦May 15, ¦Beer ¦200 ¦Club No. 5 ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦22 ¦May 17, ¦Ginger¦450 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦24 ¦May 22, ¦Ginger¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦25 ¦May 23, ¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦26 ¦May 29, ¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦27 ¦May 30, ¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦28 ¦June 1, ¦Ginger¦490 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦(5) ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦14 ¦June 1, ¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦29 ¦June 2, ¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦30 ¦June 5, ¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦31 ¦June 6, ¦Ginger¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦32 ¦June 7, ¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦33 ¦June 8, ¦Ginger¦290 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦34 ¦June 8, ¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦35 ¦June 9, ¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦36 ¦June 11,¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦37 ¦June 12,¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦38 ¦June 13,¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦39 ¦June 15,¦Ginger¦90 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦40 ¦June 15,¦Beer ¦100 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦41 ¦June 19,¦Ginger¦90 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦42 ¦June 19,¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦2 ¦June 23,¦Ginger¦85 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦3 ¦June 27,¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns, ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦Club No. 5 ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦4 ¦June 29,¦Ginger¦740 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦(5) ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦5 ¦June 29,¦Beer ¦200 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
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¦6 ¦June 30,¦Ginger¦90 ¦W. D. Johns ¦W. D. Johns ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦Ale ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦64 ¦July 3, ¦Beer ¦250 ¦W. D. Johns ¦.................... ¦
¦ ¦1906 ¦ ¦ ¦(J) ¦ ¦
+-------+--------+------+------+-------------+--------------------------------¦
¦65 ¦July 3, ¦Beer ¦600 ¦W. D. Johns ¦.......................To continue reading
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