State v. Sawyer
| Decision Date | 07 January 1895 |
| Citation | 31 A. 285,67 Vt. 239 |
| Parties | STATE v. SAWYER. |
| Court | Vermont Supreme Court |
Exceptions from Addison county court; Start, Judge.
Daniel Sawyer was convicted of keeping intoxicating liquor with intent to sell it in violation of law, and excepts. Affirmed.
In reference to the admission of testimony, the exceptions stated: The other question decided appears in the opinion.
F. L. Fish, State's Atty. J. M. Blade, for respondent.
THOMPSON, J. 1. No exception was taken to the admission of the question objected to by the respondent, and therefore the ruling of the county court cannot be passed upon by this court.
2. The Information charged the respondent with keeping and possessing intoxicating liquor with intent to sell and furnish the same in violation of law, and also alleged his prior conviction for selling and furnishing intoxicating liquor contrary to law. On trial, the record of such prior conviction was admitted in evidence to enhance the sentence, against the respondent's exception. The respondent was found guilty by the jury as of a second conviction, judgment rendered upon the verdict, and respondent sentenced to imprisonment in the house of correction for 90 days, and to pay a fine of $200 and costs of prosecution, with the alternative sentence, to which he excepted. The respondent contends that the conviction should be set aside because of the admission in evidence of the record of his prior conviction for selling and furnishing, and insists that only a...
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