State v. Ryan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Complaint for keeping open on Sunday a house in which it was reputed that'intoxicating liquors were sold; brought before a justice of the peace and appealed by the defendant to the Superior Court in Windham County. Tried to the jury before Martin, J. Verdict guilty, and motion for a new trial by the defendant. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The defendant was complained of for keeping open during the prohibited hours of a certain Sunday, a certain house reputed to be a place where intoxicating liquors were sold.
It appears from the motion that the place referred to was a hotel kept by the defendant, having two front rooms, one a bar-room and the other a sitting-room, each with its own outside door, but both opening through inner doors into a common hall between them, and the principal outside door and entrance to the hotel was into this common hall.
The State offered evidence to prove the keeping open of the house on. the alleged…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. MorganSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
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