Commonwealth v. Butterfield
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 109, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Chester Co., Jan. Term, 1910, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Jesse S. Butterfield. Indictment for selling oleomargarine without a license. Before Hemphill, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty, upon which the prisoner was sentenced to pay a fine of $100. Error assigned was in overruling motion in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The defendant was indicted for selling oleomargarine without a license, entered a plea of not guilty, and after a trial the jury rendered a verdict of guilty as indicted, and in connection therewith specially found the facts upon which the verdict was based. The defendant moved in arrest of judgment, upon the ground that the facts found were insufficient to sustain a verdict of guilty, which motion the court overruled and sentenced the defendant upon the verdict, from which judgment we have this appeal.
It is conceded that the defendant had no license to sell…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HolstineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Commonwealth v. GujaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Commonwealth v. HecirrionicSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Commonwealth v. LeslieSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902