State v. Nixon
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for keeping a house of ill fame. Plea, not guilty, and trial by jury. The indictment was in these words ;— “ State of Vermont, 7 The grand jurors for the people of ‘Chittenden County, ss. $ the State of Vermont upon their oath ‘ present, that George Nixon, late of Burlington in the county of ‘ Chittenden, on the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one ‘ thousand eight hundred and forty four, and on divers other days ‘ and times between that day and the day…
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Indictment for keeping a house of ill fame. Plea, not guilty, and trial by jury. The indictment was in these words ;— “ State of Vermont, 7 The grand jurors for the people of ‘Chittenden County, ss. $ the State of Vermont upon their oath ‘ present, that George Nixon, late of Burlington in the county of ‘ Chittenden, on the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one ‘ thousand eight hundred and forty four, and on divers other days ‘ and times between that day and the day of taking this inquisition, ‘ with force and arms, at Burlington aforesaid, in the county of ‘ Chittenden aforesaid,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
This case comes before us on exceptions taken to the decision of the county court at the trial, and also on a motion in arrest of judgment.
On the motion in arrest, which will first be noticed, our attention must be confined to the sufficiency of the indictment, as returned by the grand jury. All questions in relation to the regularity of the caption, and which may appear on the records of the county court, cannot be noticed. Criminal cases are not brought before this court by writ of error, in which the whole record is certified, but…
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