State v. Thomas
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report. Complaint. Waldo ss. State of Maine. To the Judge of the Police Court of the City of Belfast in the County of Waldo : George W. Frisbee of Belfast in said County, on tbe 7th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, in behalf of said State, on oath complains that John F. Thomas of Morrill in said County of Waldo, laborer, on the 6th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, with…
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On Report. Complaint. Waldo ss. State of Maine. To the Judge of the Police Court of the City of Belfast in the County of Waldo : George W. Frisbee of Belfast in said County, on tbe 7th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, in behalf of said State, on oath complains that John F. Thomas of Morrill in said County of Waldo, laborer, on the 6th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, with force and arms at Morrill aforesaid, in the Comity of Waldo aforesaid, did have in his possession seventeen dead…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
It is alleged in this complaint that the respondent on the sixth day of November, 1893, “did have in his possession seventeen dead ruffed-grouse commonly called partridge, which said grouse were then and there intended by said John F. Thomas for consumption outside the limits of this state, and the said John F. Thomas on said sixth day of November unlawfully carried said grouse from said Morrill to said Belfast and then delivered the same to the Boston and Bangor Steamship Co., to be by said company transported to Boston,” etc.
By virtue of the warrant issued on this complaint the respondent…
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- State v. SchumacherSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1953