Commonwealth v. Newhard
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 46, Nov. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Northampton Co., Feb. T., 1896, No. 35, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for selling liquor to minors. Under a retail liquor license, effective during the years commencing in March, 1894 and 1895, granted by the court of quarter sessions of Northampton county, William Newhard, defendant in the court below, maintained a bar in his hotel and served liquors.
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Appeal, No. 46, Nov. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Northampton Co., Feb. T., 1896, No. 35, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for selling liquor to minors. Under a retail liquor license, effective during the years commencing in March, 1894 and 1895, granted by the court of quarter sessions of Northampton county, William Newhard, defendant in the court below, maintained a bar in his hotel and served liquors. It was practically admitted that shortly after obtaining the license, he placed behind the bar a placard with the inscription “No Liquor Sold to Minors,” at the same time…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Willard, J.,
To sell spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors to a minor is declared by statute to be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction the offender shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, and undergo imprisonment not less than twenty nor more than ninety days.
According to the testimony on the part of the commonwealth the defendant kept a licensed hotel. In a room over his bar room he also kept a bagatelle table where on this occasion at least boys were permitted to play the game of bagatelle for drinks. These boys were not strangers to the defendant…
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