State v. Hirsch
Supreme Court of Vermont
Complaint, charging respondent with setting np, promoting and aiding in a lottery, under P. S. 5936. Plea, not guilty. Trial by court in the Brattleboro Municipal Court, Barber, Municipal Judge. Judgment, guilty. Eespondent excepted. The case is stated in the opinion. The question as to the right of the municipal court to try-respondent without a jury is properly raised in Supreme Court by exception to the judgment.
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Complaint, charging respondent with setting np, promoting and aiding in a lottery, under P. S. 5936. Plea, not guilty. Trial by court in the Brattleboro Municipal Court, Barber, Municipal Judge. Judgment, guilty. Eespondent excepted. The case is stated in the opinion. The question as to the right of the municipal court to try-respondent without a jury is properly raised in Supreme Court by exception to the judgment. State v. Gilbert, 36 Yt. 145; Farrant v. Bates, 60 Yt. 32; Penniman v. Patchin, 5 Yt. 346; Way v. Wakefield, 7 Yt. 223; Blodgett v. Adams, 24 Yt. 23; Eslabrooks v. Insurance Go.,…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The respondent was prosecuted in the Brattleboro Municipal Court on a complaint charging him with being concerned in disposing of property by lottery in violation of P. S. 5936. On his plea of not guilty he was tried by the court and adjudged guilty. To this judgment and to certain rulings of the court during the trial the respondent seasonably excepted and has brought the case here for reveiw.
Under the exception to the judgment the respondent raises the question of the court’s power to try the ease without a jury. We find it advisable to consider that question at the outset. The state…
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