Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1851

State v. Coombs

State v. Coombs
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided April 15, 1851 · Wells
32 Me. 529

State v. Coombs

Opinion of the Court

Wells, J.,

orally.—A single act of selling is an offence. Presuming to be a common seller is a different and higher offence. Both of these offences have their different and appropriate punishments. In the trial for common selling, the single acts of sale are not prosecuted. They are shown merely as evidence of the larger crime. Such proceedings do not expose to a second punishment for the same offence.

Exceptions overruled.

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