State v. J. P. Bass Publishing Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On agreed statement. Complaint to the Bangor Municipal Court in the City of Bangor, for an alleged violation of the provisions of Revised Statutes, chapter 29, section 45, and which said section reads as follows: "Whoever advertises or gives notice of the sale or keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors, or knowingly publishes any newspaper in which such notices are given, shall be fined for such offense the sum of twenty dollars and costs, to be recovered by complaint.
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On agreed statement. Complaint to the Bangor Municipal Court in the City of Bangor, for an alleged violation of the provisions of Revised Statutes, chapter 29, section 45, and which said section reads as follows: "Whoever advertises or gives notice of the sale or keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors, or knowingly publishes any newspaper in which such notices are given, shall be fined for such offense the sum of twenty dollars and costs, to be recovered by complaint. One-half of said fine shall be paid to the complainant and one-half to the town in which said notice is published.” The body…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, C. J.
Chap. 29 of the Revised Statutes, popularly known as the "Prohibitory Law,” contains in sec. 45 the following prohibition: "Whoever advertises or gives notice of the sale or keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors, or knowingly publishes any newspaper in which such notices are given, shall be fined for such offense the sum of twenty dollars and costs to be recovered by complaint.”
The defendants knowingly published, Aug. 10, 1906, at Bangor ■ in Penobscot County, a newspaper, the Bangor Daily Commercial, in which was given a notice and advertisement that intoxicating liquors were sold and…
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