Commonwealth v. Cotton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment alleging that the defendant, on November 22, 1883, at Quincy, kept intoxicating liquors with intent to sell the same unlawfully in this Commonwealth. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Mason, J., the jury returned a verdict of guilty; and the defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtW. Allen, J.
The defendant was found on a certain day in charge of a horse and wagon in the town of Quincy. The wagon contained a quantity of ale, lager beer, and porter, which were intoxicating liquors, and hop beer, ginger ale, and a liquor called “ tonic,” all of which were not intoxicating. He was thereupon charged with keeping intoxicating liquors with intent to sell the same unlawfully.
There was evidence that the horse, and the wagon and its contents, belonged to a firm in Boston, who employed the defendant to deliver the contents of the wagon to their customers. Exception was taken by the defendant…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. AustinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
3Cited by7 opinions
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- State v. CostaSupreme Court of Vermont · 1905
- State v. GastonguaySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1919
- Commonwealth v. NeylonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Commonwealth v. BrennorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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