Legal Opinion

State v. Penner

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided June 13, 1912PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Information for violation of the law respecting the sale of intoxicating liquors, brought by appeal of the accused from the City Court of Bridgeport to the Criminal Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Walsh, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused.

1Opinion of the CourtRalph Wheeler, J.

The information charges, in substance, that on October 8th, 1911, William West Penner, not being the proprietor of the place at No. 646 Main Street, in the town of Bridgeport, where spirituous and intoxicating liquors were then exposed for sale, did, with intent to purchase intoxicating liquor, enter said place at certain hours, during which it was unlawful for said place to be open for the sale of such liquors, or to expose the same for sale, and was found in said place during said hours. Nothing is said of license of the place or proprietor in the information.

The finding shows that no…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Daggett v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1821
  2. State v. HurlburtSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
  3. State v. FaatzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
  4. State v. McMahonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1886
  5. Camp's Appeal From County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  2. State v. FaroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
  3. State v. MooreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
  4. State v. ParkerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
  5. Grievance Comm., Bar of New Haven County v. PayneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941

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