State v. Siddall
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. • Two indictments for single sales of intoxicating liquors were found against the defendant. The alleged sales were made at the same time and were parts of one and the same transaction. On one these indictments, No. 32, the defendant first pleaded not guilty, but subsequently he withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded nolo contendere. This plea was accepted by the court.
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On exceptions by defendant. • Two indictments for single sales of intoxicating liquors were found against the defendant. The alleged sales were made at the same time and were parts of one and the same transaction. On one these indictments, No. 32, the defendant first pleaded not guilty, but subsequently he withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded nolo contendere. This plea was accepted by the court. On the other indictment, No. 33, the defendant pleaded not guilty, and was placed on trial. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the defendant was duly discharged on this indictment,…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
At the March term of the Supreme Judicial Court for Oxford County, 1906, Edward Siddall was indicted for selling "one glass of whiskey of intoxicating liquors to one Joseph Cameron.” At the March term, 1907, the respondent entered a plea of not guilty. Subsequently he withdrew the plea of not guilty and pleaded nolo contendere.
The defendant was also indicted for a single sale to one Edwin G. Wiggett. To this indictment he entered a plea of not guilty, was tried and acquitted. It seems that the alleged sales were made to Cameron and Wiggett at the same time and were parts of one and the same…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. IngersollMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
3Cited by12 opinions
- Tucker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1912
- Commonwealth v. FergusonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- State Ex Rel. Clark v. AdamsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
- Jenness v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949
- State v. FernaldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
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