Montana Supreme Court June 12, 1923, No. 5,272 (State v. Lewis)

MR. JUSTICE GALEN

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Lewis, was charged by information with the crime of maintaining a common nuisance by conducting and maintaining “a place where intoxicating liquors were sold, kept and bartered.” Upon his plea of not guilty, he was tried by a jury which found him guilty as charged, leaving punishment to be fixed by the court.