State v. Peterson

The respective briefs in this criminal case refer to the denial of a motion in arrest of judgment. The proceeding had been instituted before a trial justice. Conviction followed hearing. The respondent appealed to the Superior Court; on trial by jury he was found guilty. Thereupon, it was unavailingly pressed upon the attention of the Judge that all the complaint alleged might be true, and yet no punishable wrong have been committed.

A bill of exceptions brings the case here.

The single question is whether the complaint, on which the warrant for arrest was issued, states, on its face, facts…