Commonwealth v. Meskill
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, charging the defendant with unlawfully keeping intoxicating liquor with intent unlawfully to sell the same at Maynard, on December 81, 1894. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bond, J., there was evidence tending to show that, on the evening of December 31, one of the police officers who visited the premises with a search-warrant, found the defendant with a bottle containing whiskey in his hand and a person standing beside him holding a tumbler; that after…
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Complaint, charging the defendant with unlawfully keeping intoxicating liquor with intent unlawfully to sell the same at Maynard, on December 81, 1894. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bond, J., there was evidence tending to show that, on the evening of December 31, one of the police officers who visited the premises with a search-warrant, found the defendant with a bottle containing whiskey in his hand and a person standing beside him holding a tumbler; that after a struggle with one Matthews, to whom the defendant handed the bottle, the officer took it; that while there was no bar…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
One may be convicted of unlawfully keeping intoxicating liquor for sale without proof that he actually sold any liquor, or offered or exposed it for sale. Commonwealth v. Tay, 146 Mass. 146. Commonwealth v. Welch, 140 Mass. 372. Commonwealth v. Atkins, 136 Mass. 160. Commonwealth v. McCue, 121 Mass. 358.
¡Exceptions overruled.
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AtkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Commonwealth v. McCueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Commonwealth v. TayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Commonwealth v. WelchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
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