State v. Tryon
Supreme Court of Connecticut
COMPLAINT' for the violation of an ordinance of the city of New Britain against keeping a bar-room open in the night -season ; brought to the Police Court of New Britain, appealed to the Superior Court, and tried on the plea of not guilty, before Pardee, J. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner moved for a new trial. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
One section of the charter of the city of New Britain authorizes the common council of the city to pass ordinances respecting a great variety of subjects, which pertain to the police, good order and welfare of the city, and concludes as follows: “ The violation of any ordinance or *184der relative to nuisances injurious to health, illegal voting, obstructions to highways (if malicious), illegal charges of hackmen, weights and measures, or any order or ordinance designed to prevent vice, immorality, or disorder, or the resistance of officers, shall he a misdemeanor, and may be prosecuted as such…
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