State v. Cady
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions from superior court. Indictment for keeping and maintaining a liquor nuisance. The point is stated in the opinion.
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On exceptions from superior court. Indictment for keeping and maintaining a liquor nuisance. The point is stated in the opinion. At the trial, the county attorney in his argument to the jury said: "The .testimony shows that not only these defendants hut- other parties have been connected with these shops and it is W'ell known also that when the officers enter these rooms to make a seizure, to make a search, these parties at once, if they are able to do so, mingle with the crowd in the room and exercise no authority at the time the officers are there.” To this statement of the.county attorney,…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
Two respondents weje arraigned together under a joint liquor indictment, having the same coúnsel to answer for them. The judge allowed each respondent two peremptory challenges in empanneling the jury, and when one respondent in person challenged a juror, the other disputed the challenge, claiming that he had a right to have the challenged jhror on the panel. One respondent accepted and the other rejected the juror.
The judge accorded to them two challenges each, while they were entitled to two jointly, and no more. In capital cases each prisoner, under a joint trial, is entitled to his…
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