Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Alderman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 3, 1923No. Appeal, No. 157PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chief Justice Moschziskee,
Defendant was sentenced, on conviction of possessing and transporting intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, contrary to the Act of May 5, 1921, P. L. 407, known as the Woner Act1; section 20 of this statute, covering the offenses charged, provides that “Any person who shall......transport......or possess any intoxicating liquor within the State for beverage purposes [except as specially allowed] shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”
The licensing features of the Woner Act are not here involved; their constitutionality was upheld in effect by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth ex rel. McClain v. LockeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
- National Prohibition CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Jacob Ruppert v. CaffeySupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Commonwealth v. NickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Knisely v. CotterelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Kellems v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Holgate Bros. v. BashoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Wallace v. Commissioner of TaxationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- Knowles's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
- State v. Hotel Bar Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1955
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