State v. Bartlett
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This was a libel, by J. L. Heath before the Municipal Court for the city of Augusta, against certain intoxicating liquors, a part of which were claimed by the defendant. It was tried in the Municipal Court, and judgment rendered against the defendant, from which he appealed.
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This was a libel, by J. L. Heath before the Municipal Court for the city of Augusta, against certain intoxicating liquors, a part of which were claimed by the defendant. It was tried in the Municipal Court, and judgment rendered against the defendant, from which he appealed. Before trial of the appeal, the defendant moved that, the libel and process be quashed, because of certain objections .to the warrant on which the liquors were seized, to the officer’s return thereon, and to the libel. The Court, May, J., presiding, overruled the motion, and the defendant excepted. The case was tried on…
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Rice,. J.-
This case comes before us on motions to quash, and in arrest of judgment. So far as the motion to quash, and the motion in arrest of judgment, are based upon alleged defects in the complaint and warrant, they have already been considered in the case of State v. Bartlett, Appellant, ante, p. 388, and cannot prevail for reasons there stated.
*400These motions also include objections to the sufficiency of the libel, monition and notice.
The statute, c. 33, laws of 1858, under which the liquors in controversy were seized, contemplates that liquors may…
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