Merriam v. Langdon
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was an information qui tam, brought before the coun. ty court, by Warner and Langdon against Aloah Merriam, alleging, That on the 16th of May, 1832, the complainants, by virtue of a certain statute law of this state, entitled “ An act to suppress Pedlars.
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IN ERROR. This was an information qui tam, brought before the coun. ty court, by Warner and Langdon against Aloah Merriam, alleging, That on the 16th of May, 1832, the complainants, by virtue of a certain statute law of this state, entitled “ An act to suppress Pedlars. Hawkers and petty Chapmen,” seized the following goods, wares and merchandize [describing them] of the value of 295 dollars ; for that the defendant, on said 16th of May, 1832, at Plymouth, in this state, did unlawfully and contrary to said statute, trade, deal and traffick, as a pedían hawker and petty chapman, in the goods,…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
Most of the exceptions, suggested by the plaintiff in error, to the proceedings and judgment of the county court, are, in our opinion, the result rather of professional ingenuity than of plausible objection ; and we have no difficulty in disposing of them accordingly. Such are the following.
1. That no other notice of the filing of the information and its pendency in the county court, was given to the defendant below, than by leaving with him a copy of it, by an indifferent person, in conformity with an order of that court.
The statute under which these proceedings have been conducted, has made…
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