State v. Seward

This cause appears here on exceptions by the state to rulings of the district court in a criminal trial.

October 3, 1927, a complaint in two counts was filed against James Seward before a justice of the peace. The first count charged intoxication. The second count charged unlawful possession of liquor on said day in defendant’s private dwelling-house and alleged, with specifications, a previous conviction, on June 11, 1927, for unlawful possession of liquor. Trial was had and the justice fined defendant on the first count and sentenced him to 60 days in jail on the second count. He appealed.

The…