State v. Welch
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Indictment, for the illegal sale of cider to one Hannah J. Nason, November 20, 1887. Against the defendant’s objection, the state was permitted to prove sales to one James Cole, in December, 1887, and to show by one Joseph Cole, that in June, 1887, he drank fermented cider at the defendant’s premises, bought there by other persons in less quantities than ten gallons at a time; also, that on one occasion within a year before the first day of the term at which the indictment…
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Indictment, for the illegal sale of cider to one Hannah J. Nason, November 20, 1887. Against the defendant’s objection, the state was permitted to prove sales to one James Cole, in December, 1887, and to show by one Joseph Cole, that in June, 1887, he drank fermented cider at the defendant’s premises, bought there by other persons in less quantities than ten gallons at a time; also, that on one occasion within a year before the first day of the term at which the indictment was found, a witness bought fermented cider of the defendant in less quantity than ten gallons, and within the same…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
The indictment charged an illegal sale of cider to Hannah J. Nason. The state was permitted to prove sales to other parties in the year next preceding the first day of the term when the indictment was found. It was competent to prove that the respondent kept cider for sale; that he was in the business. State v. Shaw, 58 N. H. 72; State v. Havey, 58 N. H. 377, 378, 379. The evidence tended to show it.
Exception overruled.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. HaveySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1878
- State v. ShawSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1877
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