Supreme Court of Vermont May 15, 1890 (State v. Wheeler)

The opinion of the court'was delivered by

Rowell, J.

It is argued for the prisoner that the statute ■under which this complaint is brought, which makes it an offense to own, keep, or possess, with intent to sell, furnish, or ■give away, intoxicating liquor in violation of law, is a nullity, for that the mere possession of the instruments of crime, with intent, but no overt act, therewith to