State v. Martin
Supreme Court of Vermont
Complaint for furnishing intoxicating liquor, brought before a justice of the peace. Before the justice the respondent plead guilty and appealed from the judgment to the county court. In that court he moved to withdraw his said plea. Heard upon such motion at the March term, 1895, Rutland county, Thompson, J., presiding. The court denied the motion and gave judgment and sentence on the plea. The respondent excepts.
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Complaint for furnishing intoxicating liquor, brought before a justice of the peace. Before the justice the respondent plead guilty and appealed from the judgment to the county court. In that court he moved to withdraw his said plea. Heard upon such motion at the March term, 1895, Rutland county, Thompson, J., presiding. The court denied the motion and gave judgment and sentence on the plea. The respondent excepts. The appeal vacated all the proceedings before the justice and the cause stood de novo in the county court. R. L., ss. 1673, 1676; Chitty Crim. Law 418. The respondent’s request for…
1Opinion of the CourtTaft, J.
The respondent Martin was complained of before a justice of the peace for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, pleaded guilty and took an appeal to the county court. He there moved to withdraw his plea, and plead not guilty, and offered testimony to show that such had been the settled practice of the county courts for the last ten years and the settled practice of many of the courts. The court excluded the testimony, denied the motion and rendered judgment of guilty on the plea. The plea was upon the record before the court and as much a part of it as the complaint itself. Whether the…
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