State v. Stickney
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. The defendant was arrested and arraigned on a warrant issued by Municipal Court of the City of Augusta, charging a single sale of intoxicating liquors and further alleging that "said Stickney has been previously convicted of a single sale of intoxicating liquors in the Municipal Court of Augusta on the 7th day of January A. D. 1909.” Upon conviction in the Municipal Court, he appealed to the Superior Court in the same county, where after trial…
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On exceptions by defendant. The defendant was arrested and arraigned on a warrant issued by Municipal Court of the City of Augusta, charging a single sale of intoxicating liquors and further alleging that "said Stickney has been previously convicted of a single sale of intoxicating liquors in the Municipal Court of Augusta on the 7th day of January A. D. 1909.” Upon conviction in the Municipal Court, he appealed to the Superior Court in the same county, where after trial before a jury he was found guilty and sentenced. After sentence, he filed a motion in arrest of judgment. The motion was…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, C. J.
The respondent was tried and convicted upon a complaint for a single sale of intoxicating liquor and containing an allegation of a prior conviction of a similar offense. He does not appear to have made any objection before verdict to the sufficiency of that allegation, nor does he appear to have brought the question of its sufficiency to the attention of the court before sentence. After *137sentence, however, he filed a motion in arrest of judgment upon the ground of the insufficiency of that allegation to warrant the sentence.
The motion cannot be considered. It was filed after judgment, and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Galeo v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1911
- Perry v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
- Territory v. CorbettMontana Supreme Court · 1877
- Commonwealth v. SwainMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- State v. KiblingSupreme Court of Vermont · 1891
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Jenness v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949
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- King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. MelansonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1956
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