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  "id": 435711,
  "name": "Joseph Johnson, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendant in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Johnson v. People",
  "decision_date": "1830-12",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill.",
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    "name": "Illinois Supreme Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "Joseph Johnson, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendant in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Opinion of the Court by\nJustice Browne.\nThis is a writ of error sued out to reverse a judgment of the circuit court of Madison county. At the October term, 1829, an indictment was preferred against the plaintiff in error, for retailing spirits by a less quantity than one quart, in violation of the statute. At the same term following, he was tried, and found guilty, and the court thereupon imposed a fine of twelve dollars against him. A motion was made by his counsel to arrest the judgment, which the court overruled. The statute of 1827, page 150, section 127, is in the following words: \u201c Every person not having a legal license to keep a tavern, who shall barter, exchange or sell, any wine, rum, brandy, gin, whiskey, or other vinous, spirituous, or mixed liquors, to any person or persons, by a less quantity than one quart, shall, on conviction, be fined ten dollars.\u201d I know of no statute in force imposing a greater fine for the offense of retailing spirits without a license than the one referred to. The court, therefore, erred in rendering the judgment and imposing a fine of twelve dollars, for which error it must be reversed.\nSemple, for plaintiff in error.\nCowles, state\u2019s attorney, for defendant in error.\nProm this opinion, Justice Smith dissents.\nJudgment reversed.\nChief Justice Wilson did not sit in this cause.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Justice Browne."
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Semple, for plaintiff in error.",
      "Cowles, state\u2019s attorney, for defendant in error."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Joseph Johnson, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendant in Error.\nERROR TO MADISON.\nA fine against a retailer of spirituous liquors for selling without a license by a less quantity than one quart, can not, under the act of 1827, exceed ten dollars."
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