Supreme Court of Vermont, 1919

State v. Elliott

Supreme Court of Vermont · Decided October 9, 1919 · Miles, Powers, Slack, Taylor, Watson

93 Vt. 449; 108 A. 927; 1919 Vt. LEXIS 185

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

State v. Van Ness (Vt. 1938)
State v. Romano (Vt. 1928)

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Opinion of the Court

Powers, J.

Although this complaint specifies the person to *450whom, the time when, and the place where the intoxicating liquor was said to have been furnished, it is no better, as a criminal pleading, than the one in State v. Villa, 92 Vt. 121, 102 Atl. 935; and for the reasons therein stated is fatally defective, and cannot support a conviction.

The judgment overruling the motion in arrest is reversed, the motion is sustained, and the respondent is discharged.

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