State v. Freeman
Supreme Court of Vermont
Act of 1852 to prevent traffic in intoxicating liquors. Indictment for offences against the act of 1852, to prevent traffic in intoxicating liquor for the purpose of drinking.
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Act of 1852 to prevent traffic in intoxicating liquors. Indictment for offences against the act of 1852, to prevent traffic in intoxicating liquor for the purpose of drinking. The indictment was found at the December Term, 1854, and contained one hundred and fifteen counts, all of which were substantially in the form prescribed for complaints in the eighteenth section of said act, (Laws of 1852, p. 26.) alleging the offences in the several counts at different times between the 25th of June and the 21st of December, 1854. Seventy-eight of the counts were for illegally selling intoxicating…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, Ch. J.
This is an indictment for violations of the liquor law of 1852. It was held by this court, in the State v. Parker, and we think correctly, that under one complaint the prosecutor might show any number of offences, being bound, if required, to give the respondent before trial, a specification of the nature of the offences, which he would attempt to prove. 1 do not recollect that the point was taken in that case, that this provision only extended to justice’s courts. But it seems to us that it was clearly the intention of the act to…
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