State v. Gray
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Complaint by a prosecuting agent for the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors by the defendant without a license from the county commissioners; brought originally before a justice of the peace and appealed by the defendant to the Criminal Court of Common Pleas in New London County, and tried to the jury in that court before Orump, J. Verdict “guilty,” and appeal by the defendant for error in the charge of the court and in refusing to charge as requested.
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Complaint by a prosecuting agent for the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors by the defendant without a license from the county commissioners; brought originally before a justice of the peace and appealed by the defendant to the Criminal Court of Common Pleas in New London County, and tried to the jury in that court before Orump, J. Verdict “guilty,” and appeal by the defendant for error in the charge of the court and in refusing to charge as requested. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
The accused, having been convicted upon a complaint charging him with the unlawful keeping for sale and with the selling of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, appealed to this court. Upon the trial in the court below it was admitted that he was a duly licensed pharmacist, and that he did not have a druggist’s license Lorn the county commissioners, having applied for one and been refused. The accused admitted that he kept spirituous and intoxicating liquors, and used, them in compounding medicines, but denied that he sold any uncompounded on physician’s prescriptions. The state claimed that…
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- La Croix v. County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
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- State v. BuckleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
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