Intention or guilty knowledge is not an essential element of the offense of selling intoxicating liquors.

82 Wright vs. People, 101 Ill., 137; Barton vs. State, 99 Ind., 89; U. S. vs. Smith, 45 Fed., 115; State vs. McBrayer, 98 N. 0., 619; Stonnes vs. Com., 20 Ky. L., 1434.

83 Hughes' Cr. Law, Sec. 1393;

Noecker vs. People, 91 Ill., 496; Carl vs. State, 87 Ala., 17; State vs. Fleming, 32 Kan., 588; Chapman vs. State, 100 Ga., 311.

84 Ball vs. State, 50 Ind., 595; State vs. Wray, 72 N. 0., 253; People vs. Hinchman, 75 Mich., 587;

State vs. Sulman, 76 Iowa, 624;

Nixon vs. State, 76 Ind., 524;

State vs. Larimore, 19 Mo., 391. 85 State vs. Anderson, 81 Mo., 78;

Brinson vs. State, 89 Ala., 105. 86 Bandalow vs. People, 90 Ill., 220;

Eisenman vs. State, 49 Ind., 511; Whaley vs. State, 87 Ala., 83.

87 Com. vs. Luddy, 143 Mass., 563;

Rater vs. State, 49 Ind., 507.

88 Spake vs. People, 89 Ill., 620.

The unlawful sale alone constitutes the offense, no matter what the intention of the vendor may be. He is bound to know whether the purchaser is a minor or not, or whether he is a person who is in the habit of getting intoxicated or not. He sells at his peril.89