In re Snell
Supreme Court of Vermont
Habeas Corpus. The petition was brought before Veazey, J., and was continued and heard at the General Term, 1885. The petitioner set forth, that he was imprisoned in the county jail by virtue of a mittimus issued by a justice of the peace; and that he had been complained against by a special prosecutor.
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Habeas Corpus. The petition was brought before Veazey, J., and was continued and heard at the General Term, 1885. The petitioner set forth, that he was imprisoned in the county jail by virtue of a mittimus issued by a justice of the peace; and that he had been complained against by a special prosecutor. The original complaint and mittimus were also set out, by which it appeared that the relator was' the owner of billiard tables in.a saloon situate in the village of Middlebury; that the selectmen of the town of Middlebury had forbidden him to use the said billiard tables, and had lodged a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Taft, J.
1. The law of this State authorizes the selectmen of any town to permit the use of billiard tables, un- . der regulations prescribed by them, R. L. s. 4070; or they may forbid the use of them, s. 4068.
This law being in force, the village of Middlebury was chartered and given the power to pass by-laws to suppress and restrain all descriptions of gaming, which clearly include the game of billiards.
The word restrain, when used as it is in the village charter, has been held to confer the power to license. Smith v. The City of Madison, 7 Ind. 86;…
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