State v. Gillette

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs in error were convicted upon two indictments, which were tried together, one of which charges them with maintaining a room or building where intoxicating liquor was unlawfully kept and sold, and the other charging them with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. They now challenge the legality of these convictions.

The first ground upon which we are asked to reverse these convictions is based upon the fact that the existence of the liquor upon the premises was discovered, and it was taken possession of by…