State v. Intoxicating Liquor
Supreme Court of Vermont
Proceedings based on a grand juror’s complaint to a justice of the peace, for the seizure and condemnation of intoxicating liquor alleged to have been unlawfully kept for sale; Merle S. Pike, claimant. Edward Morrissey and Thomas Morrissey, in whose keeping the liquor was found, were apprehended and brought before the court. Trial by court at the December Term, 1907, Bennington County, Haselton, J., presiding.
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Proceedings based on a grand juror’s complaint to a justice of the peace, for the seizure and condemnation of intoxicating liquor alleged to have been unlawfully kept for sale; Merle S. Pike, claimant. Edward Morrissey and Thomas Morrissey, in whose keeping the liquor was found, were apprehended and brought before the court. Trial by court at the December Term, 1907, Bennington County, Haselton, J., presiding. Judgment that the liquor in question was, at the time of its seizure, kept and intended for sale contrary to law, and that it be condemned and forfeited. Claimant and said Morriseys…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, C. J.
This is a proceeding based on a grand juror’s complaint to a justice for the seizure and condemnation of intoxicating liquor kept for sale contrary to law. The officer seizing the liquor apprehended and brought before the justice, Edward Morrissey and Thomas Morrissey, in whose keeping and custody he found the same. Merle S. Pike appeared before the justice and filed his written claim to the liquor as absolute owner thereof, and therein gave as a reason why it should.not be adjudged forfeited that he was engaged in the lawful sale thereof under and by virtue of a second-class license duly…
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- Bradish v. BlissSupreme Court of Vermont · 1862
- State v. Intoxicating LiquorSupreme Court of Vermont · 1883
- State v. Intoxicating LiquorsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1872
- Fire Ass'n v. Merchants' National BankSupreme Court of Vermont · 1881
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