State v. Dewey
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information for maintaining a common nuisance under R. L. § 3,836. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the March term, 1892, Washington county, Thompson, J., presiding. Verdict guilty and sentence imposed. The respondent excepts. The facts appear in the opinion.' A judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction is conclusive between the parties upon the point decided.
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Information for maintaining a common nuisance under R. L. § 3,836. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the March term, 1892, Washington county, Thompson, J., presiding. Verdict guilty and sentence imposed. The respondent excepts. The facts appear in the opinion.' A judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction is conclusive between the parties upon the point decided. Clark & Jackson v. Bryam & Lent, 16 Md. 176; Ranoule v. Griffe, 3 Md. 54; Bowie v. Jones, 1 Gill 208; Groshon v. Thomas, 20 Md. 234; United States v. Lee, 4 Cranch Cir. Ct. 446; State v. Mikesell, 70 Iowa 178 ; Regina v.…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
This was an information for keeping and *198maintaining a common nuisance under Section 3,836, R. L., which is as follows : “Every saloon, restaurant, grocery, cellar, shop, billiard room, bar room, and every.drinking place or room used as a place of resort, where intoxicating liquor is unlawfully sold, furnished or giyen away, or kept for selling, furnishing, or giving away unlawfully, and every place or room used or resorted to for gambling, shall be held to be a common nuisance, kept in violation of law.”
It was conceded at the trial that the place mentioned in the information was a place of…
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