State v. Hubbard
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information. Trial by jury, at the September term, 1898, Washington county, Start, J., presiding, Verdict, guilty. The respondent excepted. The court, so far as informations are concerned, having held that the same may be amended in substance notwithstanding V. S. 4542, should be confined to common law rules in determining the right to amend; and V. S. 1911 does not apply. ■
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
An information was filed against the respondent charging him with owning, keeping, and possessing intoxicating liquor with intent to sell, furnish, and give away the same, without authority of law, in which the time of committing the offense was alleged as “on the day of A. D. 1898.” Upon motion of the State, the court allowed the information to be amended by inserting, *406in said blank spaces, the date, claimed to be that of the alleged owning, keeping, etc., to which respondent excepted.
It is contended on behalf of the respondent that the allowance of this amendment was, in effect, making a…
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