State v. Powell
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
If upon these facts the prosecution cannot be sustained, the respondent is to be discharged.
1Opinion of the CourtPeaslee, J.
The words “itinerant vendor,” as defined in s. 1, e. 46, Laws 1897, include only those persons who “ engage in a temporary or transient business in this state.” They do not include those whose business in the state is permanent, even when such persons carry on a part of their business temporarily in a place apart from their usual location. Section 12 of the act provides that the deposit with the secretary of state shall be held subject to claims growing out of the licensee’s business in this state. This shows that the law was intended to apply to the nonresident dealer, who does business here…
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