State v. Carpenter
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Two COMPLAINTS in the City Conj-t of the city of Bridgeport, the first charging that the defendant, “within the corporate limits of the city, did keep a place where policy-playing was carried on contrary to the ordinance of the city; ” and the second that the defendant “ did, within said city, keep a place for the playing in and conducting and carrying on the game and scheme commonly known as policy, contrary to the ordinance, etc.”
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Two COMPLAINTS in the City Conj-t of the city of Bridgeport, the first charging that the defendant, “within the corporate limits of the city, did keep a place where policy-playing was carried on contrary to the ordinance of the city; ” and the second that the defendant “ did, within said city, keep a place for the playing in and conducting and carrying on the game and scheme commonly known as policy, contrary to the ordinance, etc.” Both cases were appealed to the Criminal Court of Common Pleas, where the defendant demurred to both complaints. The court (Walsh, J.,') overruled the demurrer,…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The appellant is defendant in two complaints for a violation of a city ordinance prohibiting, under penalty of a fine, the keeping of a place for policy-playing within the limits of the city of Bridgeport.
The complaints were originally presented by the prosecuting attorney of the city to the City Court, and were appealed by the defendant to the Criminal Court of Common Pleas for the county of Fairfield, where the defendant filed general demurrers to the complaints, which were overruled by the court. The questions for review, as presented by the reasons for the appeal to this court, are…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Whiting v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1842
- Bowman v. St. JohnIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- State v. TryonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1872
- President & Board of Trustees v. EllsworthIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
3Cited by19 opinions
- Amsel v. BrooksSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- People v. McMurchyMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
- State v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- State v. McKeeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1900
- State v. FicoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
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