State v. Coombs

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

State v. Coombs

32 Me. 529

CourtSupreme Judicial Court of Maine

DecidedApril 15, 1851

StatusPublished

Cited by4 cases

This text of 32 Me. 529 (State v. Coombs) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Judicial Court of Maine primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

State v. Coombs, 32 Me. 529 (Me. 1851).

Pincite

Opinion

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.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

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.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

32 Me. 529, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-coombs-me-1851.

Opinion

Related

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack