La Croix v. County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for a writ of prohibition; brought to the Superior Court and heard before Hovey, J. Application dismissed, and motion in error by plaintiff. The ease is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The complainant, a licensed liquor seller, was convicted before a justice of the peace of keeping open his liquor saloon in Westport on Sunday, and appealed his ease to the Superior Court. Pending the appeal, Perry, one of the defendants, as prosecuting agent, cited him to appear before the county commissioners, under chapter 124, of the session laws of 1881, p. 74, to show cause why his license should not be revoked for the violation of law above mentioned.
He appeared before the commissioners and pleaded in abatement the pendency of the criminal prosecution in the Superior Court. This plea…
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