State v. Reed
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions from Nisi Prius, Rice, J., presiding. Complaint, made and sworn to on the “ 1 f>th day of December, A. D. 1850,” charging that the defendant on the “ 14th day of December, A. D. 1850,” "without authority sold to N. T. a quantity of spirituous liquor, viz: “ one glass of ram. one glass of gin, one glass of brandy and one glass of wine.”
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On Exceptions from Nisi Prius, Rice, J., presiding. Complaint, made and sworn to on the “ 1 f>th day of December, A. D. 1850,” charging that the defendant on the “ 14th day of December, A. D. 1850,” "without authority sold to N. T. a quantity of spirituous liquor, viz: “ one glass of ram. one glass of gin, one glass of brandy and one glass of wine.” After verdict against the defendant, he moved in arrest of judgment, for the reasons: — fj 1st. That the day of the month and year in which said selling is alleged, to wit, the 14th day of December, A. D. 1850, is expressed in figures and not in…
1Opinion of the CourtTenney, J.
— The exceptions are attempted to be sustained on the ground, that the time, when the complaint was made is stated therein to be “ on the 16th day of December, A. D. 1850,” and that it is alleged in the complaint, that the defendant, “ on the 14th day of December, A. D. 1850,” was guilty of the acts complained of; and it is contended, that the use of figures and abbreviations in the complaint renders it invalid.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have a right to demand the nature and cause of the accusation; and he • shall not be deprived of his life, liberty, property or…
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