State v. Basserman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Complaint for the sale, and the offering and keeping for sale, of intoxicating liquors; brought, by the appeal of the defendant from the judgment of a justice of the peace, to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the jury in that court before Andrews, J. There were four counts in the complaint. The jury rendered a general verdict of guilty; and the defendant appealed to this court for error in the rulings and charge of the court.
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Complaint for the sale, and the offering and keeping for sale, of intoxicating liquors; brought, by the appeal of the defendant from the judgment of a justice of the peace, to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the jury in that court before Andrews, J. There were four counts in the complaint. The jury rendered a general verdict of guilty; and the defendant appealed to this court for error in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
This is a prosecution for a violation of the statute of 1882, (Acts of 1882, ch. 107, part 6, sec. 1,) which provides that “ any person who, without license therefor, shall sell or offer or expose for sale, or shall own or keep with intent to sell, any spirituous and intoxicating liquors * * * shall be fined for the first offense not more than fifty dollars.” The information contains four counts. The first charges that on the 22d day of May, 1885, the defendant, at the town of Hamden in this state, sold and delivered certain spirituous and intoxicating liquors without having a license…
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