State v. Miller
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a complaint, preferred by a grand juror of the town of Enfield, to a justice of the peace, for a violation of the statute, entitled an “ act for the suppression of intemperance.”
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This was a complaint, preferred by a grand juror of the town of Enfield, to a justice of the peace, for a violation of the statute, entitled an “ act for the suppression of intemperance.” The complaint was as follows: “ On the 26th day of October, A. JD., 1855, at said Enfield, John Miller, now of said Enfield, with force and arms, did sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors to Chauncey Baker of said Enfield, against the peace, and contrary to the statute in such case made and provided. “ And said grand juror, on oath, further complains and • informs that, at said Enfield, said John Miller…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
It is objected to this complaint, that it does not state, with particularity, the quantity and kind of spirituous liquors which were sold by the defendant. Whatever force there might have been in this objection, upon the principles of the common law, in relation to felonies and *527crime, of a high order, there can be none in this state, since the cases of Whiting v. The State, 14 Conn. R., 490, Bronson v. The State, 19 Conn. R., 295, Goddard v. The State, 12 Conn. R., 448, 2 Mass., 144. Besides, we think the statute on which this prosecution is founded, § 24, cures the defect, if indeed there be…
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