Commonwealth v. Hendrie

Opinion by

Baldr.ige, J.,

The defendants were convicted of possessing and transporting intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes in violation of the Act of March 27, 1923, P. L. 34, known as the “Snyder Act.” The sentence imposed was on the charge of transporting.

Ferguson Hendrie was employed as a “road driver” by one, Charles Egbert. He met the latter by appointment at the brewery of the Delaware Beverage Company in the City of Easton, where his truck was loaded with seventy-four half-barrels of high powered beer. The defendant driver said that he had driven from New York that day and that…