State v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Grandjuror’s complaint for keeping a place where it was reputed that intoxicating liquors were sold; brought, by appeal from a justice, to the Superior Court in Fairfield County.
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Grandjuror’s complaint for keeping a place where it was reputed that intoxicating liquors were sold; brought, by appeal from a justice, to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The complaint was as follows:—That on the 80th day of August, 1879, at said town of Stamford, John Thomas of Stamford, did keep a house, store, shop and saloon, in which for a long time previous it had been, then was, and still is, reputed that spirituous and intoxicating liquors, ale, lager beer, and Rhine wine are kept for sale, without having a license therefor, contrary to the statute in such case made and…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
The object of the statute under consideration, like that of other statutes upon the same subject, is to prevent the unlawful traffic in intoxicating liquors. One section forbids all unlicensed persons to keep such liquors with intent to sell them. Keeping such liquors for such purpose would be perfectly harmless, if it could be certain that nothing would follow from it. But the statute takes it for granted that where such liquors are thus kept, opportunities will present themselves for carrying the intent into execution, and sales of the liquor will in fact be made. For this reason the…
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