# State v. Brown

> Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · July 1, 1850 · 31 Me. 522

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4928693

## Case

- **Full name:** The State versus Brown
- **Court:** Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
- **Decided:** July 1, 1850
- **Citations:** 31 Me. 522
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Howardorally
- **Judges:** Howard, Orally
- **Cited by:** 5 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Howard, J., orally.
We consider the exceptions in the first section of the Act to be sufficiently negatived in the complaint. The provisions of the twenty-fourth section have no application. The name of Mrs. Brown might not have been known to the complainant. A conviction hero would bar another complaint for the same offence.
The liquor was sold for a medical purpose. It might be indiscreet to prosecute, but the defendant had no right to sell, whether for medicine, or for drinking or for any other purpose.
Exceptions overruled.

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