State v. Teahan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for selling and keeping for sale intoxicating liquors; in the Superior Court in Hartford County. The information contained two counts, the first of which charged that the defendant, at Farmington in Hartford County, “ did, on the 26th day of May, 1881, unlawfully sell and exchange, and offer and expose for sale and exchange, to one George H. Fuller, certain intoxicating liquors, without a license therefor, and without haying been appointed an agent of said town…
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Information for selling and keeping for sale intoxicating liquors; in the Superior Court in Hartford County. The information contained two counts, the first of which charged that the defendant, at Farmington in Hartford County, “ did, on the 26th day of May, 1881, unlawfully sell and exchange, and offer and expose for sale and exchange, to one George H. Fuller, certain intoxicating liquors, without a license therefor, and without haying been appointed an agent of said town to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors; against the peace and contrary to the form of the statute in such case made…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The motion in error presents three questions.
1. The first count in the information charges that the defendant did unlawfully “ sell and exchange and offer and expose for sale and exchange, to one George H. Fuller, certain intoxicating liquors, without a license therefor, &c.” The defendant demurred for duplicity, and the demurrer was overruled.
It is quite evident from the well-considered cases of Barnes v. The State, 20 Conn., 232, and State v. Burns, 44 Conn., 149, that the count is not bad for duplicity. It is unnecessary to repeat the reasons on which those decisions rest. It is attempted…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1849
- Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1850
- State v. Intoxicating LiquorsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1872
- State v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
3Cited by22 opinions
- Gebardi v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- May v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- State v. LevySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- State v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1945
- Adkins v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
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