Commonwealth v. Rozen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, for using counterfeit trade-marks on cigars. Trial in the Superior Court, before Bond, J., who refused to direct a verdict for the defendants, and to rule that St. 1893, c. 443, was unconstitutional. The jury returned a verdict of guilty; and the defendants alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is a complaint under St. 1895, c. 462, § 4, for using counterfeit trade-marks upon cigars. The defendants admitted that they were guilty subject to the question whether there was a valid registration of the trade-marks, in-eluding the question whether the statute was constitutional in *130its application to this case. These questions were raised by requests for rulings which need not be repeated at length, and come here on exceptions.
The trade-marks were recorded under St. 1893, c. 443, but it is not disputed that if properly recorded the liability for counterfeiting them is preserved by § 7…
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