Commonwealth v. Casey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint to the Municipal Court of Boston, on the Pub. Sts. a. 100, § 12, alleging that the defendant, on August 6, 1882, at Boston, was duly licensed to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors in a certain building on Carver Street in said city, which was then and there used by him for the sale of such liquors under the provisions of his license; and that he then and there placed and maintained on said premises, so used by him, “ a certain screen, blind, shutter, curtain…
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Complaint to the Municipal Court of Boston, on the Pub. Sts. a. 100, § 12, alleging that the defendant, on August 6, 1882, at Boston, was duly licensed to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors in a certain building on Carver Street in said city, which was then and there used by him for the sale of such liquors under the provisions of his license; and that he then and there placed and maintained on said premises, so used by him, “ a certain screen, blind, shutter, curtain and partition, in such a way as to interfere with a view of the business conducted upon said premises, and with a- view…
1Opinion of the CourtColburn, J.
The first request for instructions in this case was waived at the argument, instructions were given substantially *196in accordance with the second request, leaving only the third request for instructions for our consideration. The case distinctly presents the question, whether a person holding a license to sell intoxicating liquors is, on Sunday, when he is prohibited from doing business and when he is not doing business, subject to the provisions of the Pub. Sts. c. 100, § 12, as amended by the St. of 1882, c. 259, § 1, to the same extent as on secular days, when he is carrying on business.
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