State v. Hobbs
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions, Shepley, O. J., presiding. This was a complaint for unlawfully selling spirituous liquors, originally made before a justice of the peace. The sale was alleged to have been made on March 5,1852. The complaint was made on May 20, 1854. The justice certified that the complainant made oath to the truth of the complaint “ according to the best of Ms knowledge and belief.”
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On Exceptions, Shepley, O. J., presiding. This was a complaint for unlawfully selling spirituous liquors, originally made before a justice of the peace. The sale was alleged to have been made on March 5,1852. The complaint was made on May 20, 1854. The justice certified that the complainant made oath to the truth of the complaint “ according to the best of Ms knowledge and belief.” Before the justice, defendant was convicted, and appealed to the Supreme Judicial Court, where he was also convicted. He then filed a motion in arrest, for the following reasons, but it did not appear to have been…
1Opinion of the CourtShepley, C. J.
•— The case is presented on exceptions overruling a motion in arrest of judgment. An objection is made, that the motion was not presented within two days after verdict, as required by the twenty-sixth rule of the Court.
That rule was established at April term, 1822, when the Court for trials by jury was required to be holden by a majority of the Justices. No provision having then been made for exceptions, alleged misdirections in matters of law were presented by motion for a new trial. Motions in arrest, and for new trials coupled together, were required to be presented within two days after…
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