State v. Thurman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Ellis, J.:

This is a prosecution under section 2493, General Statutes of 1901 (Laws 1901, ch. 232, §1), commonly known as the “Hurrel law.” The defendant was convicted of maintaining a nuisance, and appeals.

The only important allegation of error is that the court refused, upon motion, to quash the information. In the court below, the constitutionality of the law *91appears to have been the mooted question. Here, however, attorneys for the defendant urge that the information is defective in that it fails to allege that the place where the intoxicating…