State v. Paddock
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information, in one hundred counts, — for selling without a license, foreign and domestic distilled spirituous liquors in a less quantity than twenty gallons, and in quantity of one pint and more.
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Information, in one hundred counts, — for selling without a license, foreign and domestic distilled spirituous liquors in a less quantity than twenty gallons, and in quantity of one pint and more. The testimony on the part of the government, tended to show that the respondent, between the first day of January, A. D. 1850, and the thirty-first day of December, A. D. 1850, sold rum in various quantities, from one pint to two gallons, at various times, to the number of forty-nine or over. The respondent requested the court to instruct the jury, that the government must prove the sale of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Isham, J.
Several questions have been raised in this case both on exception's taken on the trial, and on a motion in arrest.
The statute upon which this information has been filed, provides, “ that any person, who shall deal in the selling of distilled “ spirituous liquors, and in quantities of one pint or more, and less “ than twenty gallons, shall be deemed a retailer, &c.”
It is objected, that this information does not charge the respondent, as being a dealer in the selling of spirituous liquors, but simply, that on specific occasions, he -made such…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. BugbeeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1849
- Clark v. StoughtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1844
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. MorrillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1969
- State v. BurpeeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1892