In re Marron
Supreme Court of Vermont
Habeas Corpus. The writ was returnable before Yeazey, J., May 17, 1887, and the case was by him adjourned to the "Washington County Supreme Court, then in session. The relator was convicted by a justice of the peace of the crime of selling intoxicating liquors. Prisoner remanded. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Habeas Corpus. The writ was returnable before Yeazey, J., May 17, 1887, and the case was by him adjourned to the "Washington County Supreme Court, then in session. The relator was convicted by a justice of the peace of the crime of selling intoxicating liquors. Prisoner remanded. The facts are stated in the opinion. Article 10 of the Bill of Rights declares that “ in all prosecutions for criminal offenses a person hath a right to * * * a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury of the country.” The jury referred to here is the common law jury of twelve men, and such a jury and trial cannot…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rowell, J.
This is a complaint for a writ of habeas corpus. The case is this: The prisoner was convicted before a justice for selling intoxicating liquor, and appealed. After-wards he seasonably applied to the justice for copies of appeal that he might enter his case in the County Court, which the justice refused to furnish him unless he would advance therefor the statutory fee of seventy-five cents, which he did not do, but applied to the County Court at its then next session for leave to enter his appeal, and for an order on the State’s attorney to…
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