Commonwealth v. Russell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint for unlawfully keeping for sale intoxicating liquors, with intent unlawfully to sell the same, on December 10, 1892, at Worcester. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Maynard, J., the jury returned a verdict of guilty; and the defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The only questions raised by the bill of exceptions relate to the admission of evidence. On a search for liquors in the defendant’s premises two soda glasses wet with whiskey and a bottle partly filled with whiskey were found on a table, and, in the same room, a jug filled with whiskey in a barrel partly filled with sawdust. On the floor in another room were a dozen empty whiskey bottles and fifty or more corks, while in the cellar under the defendant’s store were three kegs containing liquors. Each of these articles found in the defendant’s possession might have some significance on the…
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