State v. Goss
Supreme Court of Vermont
ComplaiNT charging the respondent with the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor. Appeal from a justice court to the County Court. Trial by jury, June Term, 1885, Caledonia County, Ross, J., presiding. Verdict, guilty. The case appears in the opinion. 1. If the defendant had known what the boxes contained he violated no law ; indeed it was his legal duty to deliver them, and he would have subjected himself to liability if he had refused to deliver them.
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ComplaiNT charging the respondent with the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor. Appeal from a justice court to the County Court. Trial by jury, June Term, 1885, Caledonia County, Ross, J., presiding. Verdict, guilty. The case appears in the opinion. 1. If the defendant had known what the boxes contained he violated no law ; indeed it was his legal duty to deliver them, and he would have subjected himself to liability if he had refused to deliver them. It is not claimed that he would be liable to prosecution if he had not received the money and forwarded it to the parties forwarding the boxes.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rowell, J.
This is a complaint in one count for selling, furnishing, and giving away intoxicating liquor contrary to law.
The facts are these. In the summer of 1883, one Pearson, who lived at East 'Barnet, ordered some lager beer from Bellows Falls, to be sent to him by express, and it came in a box directed to him and marked C. O. D. The respondent was station agent, and also agent of the express company, at East Barnet, and as .such express agent delivered said box and its contents to Pearson, and received from him the designated price of $1.75 for…
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