State v. Peterson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Complaint by the grand juror of the city of Burlington against the respondent for being a manufacturer of intoxicating liquor in said city. Plea, not guilty. Trial by the court. The evidence on both sides showed that the respondent carried on a brewery in said city of Burlington, and that therein he was engaged in the manufacture of beer.
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Complaint by the grand juror of the city of Burlington against the respondent for being a manufacturer of intoxicating liquor in said city. Plea, not guilty. Trial by the court. The evidence on both sides showed that the respondent carried on a brewery in said city of Burlington, and that therein he was engaged in the manufacture of beer. The prosecution introduced evidence tending to show that the beer there manufactured was intoxicating, while the evidence on the part of the respondent tended to show the contrary. Many witnesses were examined, both in behalf of the prosecution and defense ;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
WilsoN, J.
This was a complaint by the grand juror of the city of Burlington against the respondent for being a manufacturer of intoxicating liquor in that city, contrary to law. The case was tried before the recorder’s court, upon plea of not guilty. Several exceptions were taken by the respondent to the rulings of the court admitting testimony against him, and exception was also taken to the decision of the recorder which denied the respondent an appeal from the judgment of that court to the county court. The charter by which the police court of that…
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