State v. Kapicsky
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. Overruled. The defendant, a member of the St. Bartholomew Society, of Lewiston, was indicted under the provisions of Revised Statutes, chapter 22, section 1, for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance. Verdict, guilty. During the trial, the defendant excepted to several rulings made by the presiding Justice. The case is stated in the opinion. The indictment was as follows : "State of Maine. "Androscoggin, ss.
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On exceptions by defendant. Overruled. The defendant, a member of the St. Bartholomew Society, of Lewiston, was indicted under the provisions of Revised Statutes, chapter 22, section 1, for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance. Verdict, guilty. During the trial, the defendant excepted to several rulings made by the presiding Justice. The case is stated in the opinion. The indictment was as follows : "State of Maine. "Androscoggin, ss. At the Supreme Judicial Court begun and holden at Auburn within and for the County of Androscoggin, on the third Tuesday of September in the year of our…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is an indictment against the defendant under section 1 of chapter 22 of the Revised Statutes, for maintaining a common nuisance from the first day of May, 1908, to the day of the finding of the indictment at the September term, 1908, of court in Androscoggin county. It is alleged that the defendant kept and maintainéd a certain tenement as a place of resort where intoxicating liquors were "unlawfully kept, sold, given away, drank and dispensed in a manner not provided for by law.”.The defendant was one of 204 members of the St. Bartholomew Society occupying the premises mentioned in the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Commonwealth v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. ReisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
- Skinner v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- Deal v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914