Supreme Court of Vermont May 15, 1859 (State v. Peck)

Redeield, Ch. J.

I. In regard to the question whether a justice of the peace has jurisdiction to try the offence of being a common seller of intoxicating liquor, we all agree that it was probably the purpose and intention of the legislature to give such jurisdiction, but it is equally obvious that they have not done so in terms, or by any necessary implication.