Legal Opinion
Maine v. Vallee
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 9, 1940PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, C. J.
To three indictments against the respondent, general and special demurrers were filed and overruled. The cases come forward on one record on exceptions with right to plead anew.
The first indictment is in three counts. The first count alleges the acceptance of a promise to pay money as a bribe. The other two allege the actual acceptance of money bribes.
The second indictment is for extortion.
The third indictment is for cheating by false pretenses.
In all, forty-three causes of demurrer are assigned to the various indictments, but several are abandoned.
All three cases arise from circumstances…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Minter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Perkins v. PendletonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1897
- Commonwealth v. MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- People v. PetersIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Taylor v. PrattSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1937
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. DeschambaultSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963
- State v. PapalosSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955
- State v. Del BiancoSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1951
- Haynes v. RobbinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1962
- York County Board of Realtors v. York County CommissionersSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
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