State v. Haapanen

A statute denounces selling intoxicating liquor, makes the overt act a misdemeanor, and confers on municipal and other magistrate courts, jurisdiction to try and punish offenders. R. S., Chap. 127, Sec. 40. On the part of the person convicted, an appeal lies, to meet the constitutional guaranty of trial by jury. R. S., supra ; Con. of Maine, Art. 1, Sec. 6.

In magistrate courts, liquor prosecutions are begun by complaint. R. S., supra. Where criminal prosecutions originate, under a statute, on complaint, one under oath or affirmation is implied. Campbell v. Thompson, 16 Me., 117. On appeal, in…