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State v. Costello

Supreme Court of New Hampshire Cheshire
Jan 3, 1928
139 A. 922 (N.H. 1928)

Opinion

Decided January 3, 1928.

INFORMATION, for illegally selling intoxicating liquor on May 29, 1926, and charging it as a subsequent offense to one of illegal possession admitted to have been committed in 1925. The defendant was convicted and on her motion to set the verdict aside because the offense was not a subsequent one under the statute (P. L., c. 144, s. 22) the question of law thereby raised was transferred by Young, J.

Arthur Olson, solicitor, for the state.

John J. Landers, for the defendant.


The defendant is guilty of a second offense. State v. Gendron, 80 N.H. 394; State v. Haselton, 81 N.H. 549; P. L., c. 402, s. 13.

Case discharged.


Summaries of

State v. Costello

Supreme Court of New Hampshire Cheshire
Jan 3, 1928
139 A. 922 (N.H. 1928)
Case details for

State v. Costello

Case Details

Full title:STATE v. MARY COSTELLO

Court:Supreme Court of New Hampshire Cheshire

Date published: Jan 3, 1928

Citations

139 A. 922 (N.H. 1928)
83 N.H. 585

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