State v. Bevins
Supreme Court of Vermont
Complaint for peddling without a license. Heard in the city court for the city of St. Albans, April 15, 1898, upon general and special demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Taet, J.(1) One question before us is, whether, in drawing a complaint for a violation of § 3, Chap. 26, of the ordinances of the city of St. Albans, requiring a license fee from peddlers of meat, milk, fish, fruit, etc., it is necessary to negative the exception of a person who vends the products of his own land as provided by No. 105, Acts 1896. Whether it is necessary to negaté in an indictment such facts *575as qualify the offense and excuse the respondent from liability, is oftentimes a difficult question. In Smith v. Moore, 6 Greenl. (Me.) 274, it was said, “There seem to be many shadowy…
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