Commonwealth v. Jenkins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment under the Pub. Sfcs. c. 101, §§ 6, 7, for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, a certain tenement in Clinton used for the illegal sale and illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors, on May 1, 1883, and on divers other days and times between that day and September 1, 1883. Trial in the Superior Court, before Aldrich, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows : It was admitted that the defendant kept liquors for sale at the Clinton…
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Indictment under the Pub. Sfcs. c. 101, §§ 6, 7, for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, a certain tenement in Clinton used for the illegal sale and illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors, on May 1, 1883, and on divers other days and times between that day and September 1, 1883. Trial in the Superior Court, before Aldrich, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows : It was admitted that the defendant kept liquors for sale at the Clinton House hereinafter described ; and that he had a license therefor of the first class, dated May 1, 1883; but the government…
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The question is whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant the jury in finding that the school-house was on the same street as the Clinton House, within the meaning of the St. of 1882, c. 220. We think the rule must be, that where a school-house does not itself abut upon a street, but the lot on which the school-house stands does, the school-house must be taken to be upon the street or streets from which its entrances *574are, and with which it is connected by the use made of it as a school-house. The entrance to the cellar across the engine-house lot, which was used only by the janitor, is…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Dougherty v. Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control BoardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939
- Hunt Club, Inc. v. MoberlyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1966
- Commonwealth v. EversonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886