Commonwealth v. Williams
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 75, April T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment and sentence of Q. S. Fayette County, June Sessions, 1920, No. 122, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Frank Williams.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The defendant was convicted of selling liquor without license. The thing sold was labelled Jamaica Ginger and contained about 93 per cent of alcohol. The only question raised on the appeal was that contained in the statement of the question involved: “The Brooks law is superseded by the eighteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States.” We have considered this question in the case of Com. v. Tony Vigliotti, 75 Pa. Superior Ct. 366. The decision in which case is against the appellant’s position in this appeal. For the reasons given in the opinion referred…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. VigliottiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
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