State v. Verderamo
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
The indictment charged Generoso Verderamo, a licensee, with selling, on the twentieth day of April of the present year, thirteen cases of lager beer to one Joseph Le Frieri (in quantity between four and five barrels) while his license authorized him to sell in quantities not less than three quarts nor greater than one barrel. Verdict of guilty.
1Opinion of the Court
Pennewill, C. J.,
charging the jury:
Generoso Verderamo, the accused, is charged in the indictment with selling to one Joseph Le Frieri on the' twentieth day of April of the present year, in this city, a quantity of lager beer greater than one barrel.
*74[1-3] It is admitted that the defendant had a license to sell lager beer in quantities as great as a barrel but not greater. So that, before you can find him guilty you must be satisfied from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that he sold a greater quantity than a barrel. We decline to instruct you to find a verdict of not guilty as requested…
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