State v. Coyle

Tenney, J., orally.

— This was a prosecution for a violation of the statute regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors. In the District Court, a motion was made in arrest of judgment on the ground that no seal was affixed to the original warrant.

The complaint and warrant were in the common form. There was a seal at the right of the Justice’s name on the complaint, but not on the margin of the warrant, if they should be separated by a straight line.

No seal is required on a complaint, nor does the complaint in this case, by any of its language, show that there was any intention that a seal…