Commonwealth v. Griffin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint for keeping a liquor nuisance in Milford; made to the police court of Milford on December 3, 1869, under the Gen Sts. c. 87, §§ 6, 7, and St. of 1863, c. 78, as amended by the Sts. of 1865, cc. 269, 281, and 1866, c. 280. In the superior court, on appeal, before the jury were empanelled, Dewey, J., overruled a motion of the defendant to dismiss the complaint on the ground that “ no jurisdiction was legally conferred on the police court of Milford to take final…
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Complaint for keeping a liquor nuisance in Milford; made to the police court of Milford on December 3, 1869, under the Gen Sts. c. 87, §§ 6, 7, and St. of 1863, c. 78, as amended by the Sts. of 1865, cc. 269, 281, and 1866, c. 280. In the superior court, on appeal, before the jury were empanelled, Dewey, J., overruled a motion of the defendant to dismiss the complaint on the ground that “ no jurisdiction was legally conferred on the police court of Milford to take final jurisdiction of said case and to try and pass sentence on said defendant for the offence therein set forth, and so this…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
The offence for which the defendant is complained of is created by Gen. Sts. e. 87, §§ 6, 7.* The penalty is by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year. The superior court had jurisdiction of the offence, while jurisdiction was conferred upon trial justices only in cases where the fine did not exceed fifty dollars and the imprisonment did not exceed six months.
By St. 1863, c: 78,† jurisdiction of the offence is conferred on police courts, with a provision that the fine imposed by them shall not exceed one hundred dollars and the imprisonment not one…
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