State v. Ceriani
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for selling intoxicating liquor without a license, brought to the Criminal Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County where a demurrer to the information was overruled and the cause was tried to the jury before Munger, Acting-Judge; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The accused was informed against, tried, and found guilty of a violation of § 2790 of the General Statutes. By the undisputed facts he had sold without a license intoxicating liquor whose alcoholic content exceeded one half of one per cent. His defense was that prior to the first Monday of November, 1919, he was a licensed dealer to sell intoxicating liquor, and on October 28th, 1919, he had made due application to the county commissioners for a renewal of such license, and therefore, by virtue of § 2792 of the General Statutes, he could not be found guilty of a violation of § 2790. On the…
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