Commonwealth v. Hayes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, a tenement in Randolph used for the illegal sale and illegal keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors from. May 1 to October 4, 1888. Trial in the Superior Court, before Pit-man, J., who, after a verdict of guilty, allowed exceptions, which, so far as material to the point decided, appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The complaint is for keeping and maintaining a tenement used for the illegal keeping and the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors. Pub. Sts. c. 101, §§ 6, 7. The defendant *507had licenses of the first and fourth classes, and also a common victualler’s license. There was evidence that on one occasion the defendant sold whiskey to one Foster, when he was in company with two adult persons named Hopkins and Ayers. Ayers and several other witnesses testified that they did not know Foster’s age, but that they did not think he was over eighteen years of age, and they described his appearance, but “…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. EmmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Roberge v. BurnhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Commonwealth v. PattersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Commonwealth v. UhrigMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Commonwealth v. FinneganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Tenement House Department v. . McDevittNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Commonwealth v. StevensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Commonwealth v. NagleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Murphy v. TraynorSupreme Court of Colorado · 1943
- Reynolds v. New York Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1911
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