Maine v. Casey
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Indictment under the statute of 1856, for keeping a drinking-house and tippling-shop. After verdict against him, the defendant moved in arrest of judgment, for reasons which sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court. The motion was overruled by Goodenow, J., before whom the case was tried, and the defendant filed exceptions. The Exceptions were argued by
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Davis, J.
This is an indictment against the defendant upon the statute of 1856, c. 255, § 15, “no person shall keep a drinking-house or tippling-shop within this State.”
The only charge in the indictment is, that the defendant did, at the time and place named therein, “ keep a drinking-house and tippling-shop, contrary to the form of the statute.”
There is another section of the same statute, defining the offence, and providing that it shall consist of certain specified acts; and it is contended that this description should have been set out in the…
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