Commonwealth v. 10 Barrels of Wine

Opinion by

Trexler, J.,

This matter came before the lower court on a petition by the owner for the return to him of ten barrels and fifty bottles of wine taken by officers of the law from his dwelling. He alleges that the wine was manufactured as fruit juice exclusively for the personal consumption of his family residing in said dwelling.

At the hearing, it developed that a daughter of the petitioner, aged fifteen, sold a bottle of wine to a boy. It, as well as the other wine found upon the premises, contained an alcoholic content varying from ten to fifteen per cent. There ivas no denial of the…