State v. Woods
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON EXCEPTIONS from the superior court. Search AND seizure coMplaint and warrant, before the municipal court of the city of Portland, in 1877, for violation of the liquor law. The premises to be searched were designated as “ the dwelling-house and appurtenances occupied by said Woods,apart of which said dwelling-house is used for purposes of trafficking by said Woods.”
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ON EXCEPTIONS from the superior court. Search AND seizure coMplaint and warrant, before the municipal court of the city of Portland, in 1877, for violation of the liquor law. The premises to be searched were designated as “ the dwelling-house and appurtenances occupied by said Woods,apart of which said dwelling-house is used for purposes of trafficking by said Woods.” The liquors wore seized in a barn or stable on the premises of defendant, situated about ten feet in the rear of his store and dwelling-house, the store being under the dwelling-house and a part of it. The government offered…
1Opinion of the CourtBareows, J.
This is a complaint under B. S., c. 27, § 35, dated June 27, 1877, alleging the keeping and depositing of intoxicating liquors intended for unlawful sale by the defendant, on the 26th of said Jime and the day of the date of the complaint, “ in the dwelling-house and its appurtenances occupied by him, situated,” etc., . . “a part of which said dwelling-house is used for the purposes of traffic by said Woods; ” with a further allegation that the defendant was convicted December 20, 1876, of a violation of the provisions of the same chapter and section ■of the revised statutes.
*411Defendant excepts…
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