Commonwealth v. Hess
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 74 and 75, Jan. T., 1892, by defendants, Francis Hess and George Ginader, from judgments of Q. S. Montgomery Co., Oct. T., 1891, Nos. 52 and 50. Indictments for selling liquor without a license. The facts and the charge of the court, Svyabtz, P. J., appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The defendants, though separately indicted, were tried together. Yerdict guilty and judgment thereon. Defendants appealed.
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Appeals, Nos. 74 and 75, Jan. T., 1892, by defendants, Francis Hess and George Ginader, from judgments of Q. S. Montgomery Co., Oct. T., 1891, Nos. 52 and 50. Indictments for selling liquor without a license. The facts and the charge of the court, Svyabtz, P. J., appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The defendants, though separately indicted, were tried together. Yerdict guilty and judgment thereon. Defendants appealed. Errors assigned were (1) the charge of the court, quoting it; (2) entering judgment in favor of the commonwealth and against the defendants, upon the verdict returned…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Ciitee Justice Panson,
The defendant was convicted in the court below of selling liquor without a license. The whole case is developed by the specification of error, which is as follows:
“ The court erred in its charge to the jury upon the following facts in the case, the whole of which charge is specified as error, and which is as follows: ‘ Upon the uncontradicted facts as established by the commonwealth, and not denied by the defence, which are as follows: Francis Hess has a bottler’s license in the city of Philadelphia, doing business at No. 2440 Mascher street, in said city;…
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