State v. Semeraro

The respondent was convicted in the Brattleboro municipal court of the illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. The State’s attorney’s complaint under which he was tried contained three counts: One for keeping; one for selling; and one for manufacturing. The respondent demurred to this complaint, and when his demurrer was overruled, he moved that the State be required to elect the count on which it would go to trial. This motion was denied, and the respondent excepted. The respondent offered in evidence certain matters of defense which were rejected, and to this, he excepted. So the two…