¶1In Commonwealth v. Miller, 8 Gray, 484, it was held that this form of complaint, though not to be commended, was legally sufficient. That case must govern this.
¶2jExceptions overruled.
116 Mass. 340
Commonwealth v. McNamara
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 5, 1874
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1874-11-05
Complaint to the Police Court of Haverhill on the Gen. Sts. c. 165, § 25, alleging “ that Henry McNamara of Haverhill aforesaid, on the ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy-four, at Haverhill aforesaid, with force and arms was guilty of the crime of drunkenness, by the voluntary use of intoxicating liquor, against the peace of the said Commonwealth and contrary to the form of the statute in such ease made and provided.” Before plea and…
Decided 1874-11-05