Commonwealth v. Pratt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint on the St. of 1875, c. 99, charging that the defendant, on October 29,1878, at Milton, kept intoxicating liquors with intent to sell the same in this Commonwealth.
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Complaint on the St. of 1875, c. 99, charging that the defendant, on October 29,1878, at Milton, kept intoxicating liquors with intent to sell the same in this Commonwealth. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bacon, J., the government offered evidence tending to show that, on and before the day alleged in the complaint, the defendant was the proprietor of a public house; that, on that day, a quantity of intoxicating liquors was seized in the bar-room, and cellar under the same, in said house; and that the liquors were kept for sale. The defendant offered evidence tending to show that…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The witness, having voluntarily testified in part on the matter tending to criminate him, was not entitled to claim his privilege. Commonwealth v. Price, 10 Gray, 472. The instructions as to the responsibility of the defendant were correct. Commonwealth v. Barry, 115 Mass. 146. Commonwealth v. Carroll, 124 Mass. 30.
Exceptions overruled.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BarryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Commonwealth v. CarrollMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
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