State v. Bartlett
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. Overruled. Search and seizure process originating in the Municipal Court of Skowhegan, Somerset County. On his arraignment the defendant pleaded not guilty but on trial was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and costs. He then appealed to the Supreme Judicial Court in said county. In the appellate court, Amos K. Butler, claiming to be Special Attorney for the State for said county, moved to proceed to trial.
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On exceptions by defendant. Overruled. Search and seizure process originating in the Municipal Court of Skowhegan, Somerset County. On his arraignment the defendant pleaded not guilty but on trial was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and costs. He then appealed to the Supreme Judicial Court in said county. In the appellate court, Amos K. Butler, claiming to be Special Attorney for the State for said county, moved to proceed to trial. The defendant then filed a motion "praying that he be not ordered to trial by the court, on the ground that the said Amos K. Butler had no lawful…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, C. J.
The respondent was convicted in the Skowhegan Municipal Court of the offense of unlawfully keeping intoxicating *213liquors, and appealed to the Supreme Judicial Court for Somerset County. In the appellate court, Amos K. Butler, not the county attorney but claiming to be Special Attorney for the State for Somerset County, undertook to appear and prosecute the case for the State. The respondent objected, but the court ruled that Mr. Butler might act as counsel for the State. Thereupon the respondent withdrew his plea of not guilty, pleaded guilty, and then filed a motion in arrest of judgment upon…
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