State v. Hodgdon
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for violation of sections 2 and 3 of chapter 81 of' the General Statutes, relating to peddlers. The case ^was submitted to thé court at the June term, 1866, Peck, J., presiding, upon a statement of facts agreed on by the parties, which is as follows: “ The respondent had for about one year been doing business as a merchant in Montpelier, Washington county, in a store hired for that purpose, the lease of which expired about the 20th of April, 1866, and had given in…
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Indictment for violation of sections 2 and 3 of chapter 81 of' the General Statutes, relating to peddlers. The case ^was submitted to thé court at the June term, 1866, Peck, J., presiding, upon a statement of facts agreed on by the parties, which is as follows: “ The respondent had for about one year been doing business as a merchant in Montpelier, Washington county, in a store hired for that purpose, the lease of which expired about the 20th of April, 1866, and had given in his list in Montpelier and. paid his taxes there for the year 1866, and was a resident citizen of this state. He had a…
1Opinion of the Court
*141Tbe opinion of tbe court was delivered by '
Wilson, J.
Tbe only question in this case is whether tbe facts upon which tbe county court found and adjudged tbe respondent guilty, constitute the offense charged in tbe indictment. Section 2 of chapter 81 of the General Statutes'provides that “Any .person going from town to town, or from place to place in the same .•town, either on foot or otherwise, carrying to sell, or exposing for sale, any goods, wares or merchandise which are the growth or manufacture of any foreign country, or any cotton, linen, woolen or sillc goods, or goods composed in part…
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