Commonwealth v. Everson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, in two counts, for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, a certain tenement in Buckland, used for the illegal sale and illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors, on May 1, 1883, and on divers other days and times between that day and May 31, 1884. Trial in the Superior Court, before Staples, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: It appeared that a license of the first and fourth classes to sell intoxicating liquors was issued to…
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Complaint, in two counts, for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, a certain tenement in Buckland, used for the illegal sale and illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors, on May 1, 1883, and on divers other days and times between that day and May 31, 1884. Trial in the Superior Court, before Staples, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: It appeared that a license of the first and fourth classes to sell intoxicating liquors was issued to the defendant by the. selectmen of the town of Buckland, on May 1,1883, to continue in force one year; and that, on May…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
1. It is too clear to call for any discussion, that the defendant’s ignorance of the law is no defence, and that the evidence offered for the purpose of proving such ignorance was' rightly rejected.
2. The rulings upon the question whether the defendant kept a public bar were in accordance with the decision in Commonwealth v. Rogers, 135 Mass. 536; and were sufficiently favorable to the defendant.
Exceptions overruled.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. RogersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
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